{"id":5379,"date":"2025-09-14T19:46:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=5379"},"modified":"2025-09-14T19:46:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T19:46:27","slug":"i-refuse-to-pick-up-job-calls-after-working-hours-but-my-boss-found-a-way-to-shake-up-the-rules-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=5379","title":{"rendered":"I Refuse to Pick Up Job Calls After Working Hours\u2014but My Boss Found a Way to Shake Up the Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thomas was determined to succeed at his new job, so he worked hard and tried to be a team player. However, his boss began crossing boundaries by constantly calling him after hours \u2014 late at night, during dinner, and even on weekends \u2014 for non-urgent work matters. At first, Thomas tried to accommodate, but it began to affect his family life and personal well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Realizing things were getting out of hand, Thomas decided to set a clear boundary. He told his boss politely but firmly that he wouldn\u2019t be taking calls after 5 p.m. unless it was an emergency. The next day, a company-wide memo was sent out about \u201cteam commitment,\u201d and everyone immediately suspected it was aimed at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas felt humiliated as coworkers began treating him differently. Even though he knew he had done the right thing, the tension at work grew, and he started questioning whether standing up for himself had been worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His story shows how difficult it can be to balance career ambition with personal boundaries \u2014 and how setting limits at work can sometimes come at a cost, even when it\u2019s necessary for one\u2019s mental health and family life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas was determined to succeed at his new job, so he worked hard and tried to be a team player. However, his boss began crossing boundaries by&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":306,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5381,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5379\/revisions\/5381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}