By skyforbes I’ve been at my job for a few years and it used to be pretty normal – clock in, do the work, clock out. Makes sense. No drama. Honestly, Then out of nowhere management decided we all need to be “reachable at all times.” Not on-call, not paid, not compensated in any way. Just… Reachable. I think Nights, weekends, vacations, whatever. If you miss a message, they act like you personally sabotaged the company. The wild part is that nothing we do is remotely urgent. Nobody’s life is on the line. If something sits until Monday, literally nothing happens. But they’ve started texting me on Saturdays asking for “quick favors” and then getting snippy when I say I’m out with family and won’t be opening my laptop. Today I got pulled into a meeting about my “responsiveness trend,” and I swear I almost laughed. There’s no emergency, no raise, no bonus, and definitly no contract that says I owe them my free time – just expectations they made up. I’m honestly hitting that point where I’m questioning why I should bend at all. I’m paid for 40 hours, not 168. Anyone else deal with a company suddenly deciding your entire life is theirs to schedule?