I get paid hourly and work the agreed 40 hours per week Monday – Friday. Recently my salaried coworker left. Because we are understaffed (management won’t hire more people even when we express that we are drowning) and I helped him with a project, I got put in charge of that project. This project is known to be overcomplicated and have issues. I think my team lead thinks I’m available for on-call. (Should I be?) He texts me about the project after 5pm. I haven’t responded to any messages outside of working hours, thus far. I don’t know how to say I’m not available off-hours, since there is an unwritten rule that since I’m in tech I need to be available to help. In stand-up at times, my team lead says to be available in case anything issues arise during the weekend and not to be far from our work laptops. How do I handle this? I don’t want to work overtime (and management generally does not allow it, but might make an exception for my case). How do I protect myself? How do I not get in trouble if the project goes down when I’m not available? Will I need to stuck it up during the week days – like if I get called on Tuesday I’ll need to answer after hours then Friday I leave early? What do I do when they call me for weekend work and I’ve already hit 40 hours? I want to avoid working evenings and weekends – I have other obligations to worry about.
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r/cscareerquestions I get paid hourly and work the agreed 40 hours per week Monday – Friday. Recently my salaried coworker left. Because we are understaffed (management won’t hire more people even when we express that we are drowning) and I helped him with a project, I got put in charge of that project. This project is known to be overcomplicated and have issues. I think my team lead thinks I’m available for on-call. (Should I be?) He texts me about the project after 5pm. I haven’t responded to any messages outside of working hours, thus far. I don’t know how to say I’m not available off-hours, since there is an unwritten rule that since I’m in tech I need to be available to help. In stand-up at times, my team lead says to be available in case anything issues arise during the weekend and not to be far from our work laptops. How do I handle this? I don’t want to work overtime (and management generally does not allow it, but might make an exception for my case). How do I protect myself? How do I not get in trouble if the project goes down when I’m not available? Will I need to stuck it up during the week days – like if I get called on Tuesday I’ll need to answer after hours then Friday I leave early? What do I do when they call me for weekend work and I’ve already hit 40 hours? I want to avoid working evenings and weekends – I have other obligations to worry about. submitted by /u/ciaxtwo [link] [comments]
I get paid hourly and work the agreed 40 hours per week Monday – Friday. Recently my salaried coworker left. Because we are understaffed (management won’t hire more people even when we express that we are drowning) and I helped him with a project, I got put in charge of that project. This project is known to be overcomplicated and have issues. I think my team lead thinks I’m available for on-call. (Should I be?) He texts me about the project after 5pm. I haven’t responded to any messages outside of working hours, thus far. I don’t know how to say I’m not available off-hours, since there is an unwritten rule that since I’m in tech I need to be available to help. In stand-up at times, my team lead says to be available in case anything issues arise during the weekend and not to be far from our work laptops. How do I handle this? I don’t want to work overtime (and management generally does not allow it, but might make an exception for my case). How do I protect myself? How do I not get in trouble if the project goes down when I’m not available? Will I need to stuck it up during the week days – like if I get called on Tuesday I’ll need to answer after hours then Friday I leave early? What do I do when they call me for weekend work and I’ve already hit 40 hours? I want to avoid working evenings and weekends – I have other obligations to worry about.
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