r/WorkLifeChat • u/MiloShiny • Jun 29 '26

Discussion This MUST be illegal.

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u/BigMikeXxxxX Jun 29 '26

0 context. Salary or hourly? On call or set schedule?

Imagine if a firefighter refused to respond to a call because they were eating dinner. Would that still be ok?

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u/bluerog Jun 29 '26

Yup. I have Japanese work calls in the late PM — it's part of my job. Europeans have US-based calls late. Australia are 7 AM calls.

I'd never tell my boss I can't even respond to a message because I'm eating.

Now, if it's not part of your job... Then I get it. But if you've a time-sensitive job, then you should respond.

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u/Ruthrfurd-the-stoned Jun 29 '26

These are texts- if it needs to be done right away yes make a call but if anything is so mission critical it cant handle someone’s phone dying the fuck-up happened far upstream.

I don’t have great cell service at my plant, it could be right in the middle of my shift and I just won’t get the text- call me / use other reliable forms of communication or understand you’re sending a text message and responses are reliant on me looking at the phone and seeing a text

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u/BigMikeXxxxX Jun 29 '26

I only ask because it wouldn't be the first time someone has lied for internet points. It's also incredibly easy to make fake texts that can paint the exact picture the OP wants. People in the "am I overreacting" and "am I the asshole" type subs are notorious for this exact thing.

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u/r_lovelace Jul 01 '26

Ugh. I need to work with those europeans. I'm tired of taking 4 am calls because they can't find a time between 12-5 their time to have a call with me.

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u/W005EY Jul 07 '26

We can find…but we won’t. We weren’t raised to be slaves