I had a date scheduled a few months back that I had to cancel because work needed me to stay on late to troubleshoot something that broke. No one else was available and it was my oncall week so I had to do it.
Now forward to today. I have a third date arranged with a woman I have been seeing and now work is wanting me to stay late again to troubleshoot something else. I would feel like a real douche handing it off to the current oncall guy because he constantly works weekends and has little time to spend with his family.
I usually spend one night a week with friends as well and often this has been canceled because work gets in the way.
How do I just say no and get my personal time back? Due to the nature of the job, it requires a lot of after-hours and oncall work. Are all jobs like this where they require so much time outside of the usual 9-5 M-F?
I have tried to look for another job but the job market is terrible. I just wish I could quit for a year and go travel.
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r/cscareerquestions I had a date scheduled a few months back that I had to cancel because work needed me to stay on late to troubleshoot something that broke. No one else was available and it was my oncall week so I had to do it. Now forward to today. I have a third date arranged with a woman I have been seeing and now work is wanting me to stay late again to troubleshoot something else. I would feel like a real douche handing it off to the current oncall guy because he constantly works weekends and has little time to spend with his family. I usually spend one night a week with friends as well and often this has been canceled because work gets in the way. How do I just say no and get my personal time back? Due to the nature of the job, it requires a lot of after-hours and oncall work. Are all jobs like this where they require so much time outside of the usual 9-5 M-F? I have tried to look for another job but the job market is terrible. I just wish I could quit for a year and go travel. submitted by /u/Narrow_Study_9411 [link] [comments]
I had a date scheduled a few months back that I had to cancel because work needed me to stay on late to troubleshoot something that broke. No one else was available and it was my oncall week so I had to do it.
Now forward to today. I have a third date arranged with a woman I have been seeing and now work is wanting me to stay late again to troubleshoot something else. I would feel like a real douche handing it off to the current oncall guy because he constantly works weekends and has little time to spend with his family.
I usually spend one night a week with friends as well and often this has been canceled because work gets in the way.
How do I just say no and get my personal time back? Due to the nature of the job, it requires a lot of after-hours and oncall work. Are all jobs like this where they require so much time outside of the usual 9-5 M-F?
I have tried to look for another job but the job market is terrible. I just wish I could quit for a year and go travel.
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