The week my boss in Chicago told me to stop working late

Back in 2017, my manager pulled me aside on a Tuesday and said, 'Susan, your last three project reports are identical to the ones you did at 5 PM. Go home at five.' I'd been putting in 60-hour weeks thinking it showed drive, but she pointed out the quality drop. That single conversation changed how I manage my time completely. Has anyone else had a boss call them out on a bad work habit that actually helped?

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shah.matthew9d agoMost Upvoted

My boss in Austin said the same thing about my 10pm emails.

dakota7989d ago

Totally feel that lol, my old boss had to tell me to stop sending emails at 2am because it was stressing the whole team out.