Working for the weekend
Recently I got into the world of management and I’ve noticed e-mails coming my way in the evenings and on the weekends from director types and such.
I am committed to my job and enjoy the work, but I’m not sorry to say that I’m not getting into a habit of responding to emails on Friday night, midday Saturday, etc.
What I did do yesterday was take my two young ones to a birthday party at Conestoga Recreation Center and ran around a gym for a couple hours while they had the time of their lives. We had a lot of fun and we all got some exercise playing soccer, basketball, etc.
My wife leaves for a trip to California today to visit her grandparents and I will be very busy with the kids by myself until Wednesday night. I’m happy she’s going but also a little bit jealous. We’ll be good, though.
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Pete Brown director type myself 😁 I can tell you the people who do that are crazy and need to be actively pushed back upon. There’s not a ton of that stuff that goes on at my current job, but it does happen. I go out of my way to chastise (in a friendly, snarky way, of course) people who do it, because it sets a bad precedent and creates an implicit culture of over-work. Good on ya for ignoring them and spending time with the kids!