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Yes I do.

My boss sometimes will even sms me at 2am, 4 am or other odd hours to ask me to do something. Of course not doing it at that moment but just that she will call / sms whenever she thinks of something.

Sometimes boss will call at night and talk for hours, repeating the same thing over and over again. But what to do? Just have to sit patiently, listening for her to finish

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Yes I do.

My boss sometimes will even sms me at 2am, 4 am or other odd hours to ask me to do something. Of course not doing it at that moment but just that she will call / sms whenever she thinks of something.

Sometimes boss will call at night and talk for hours, repeating the same thing over and over again. But what to do? Just have to sit patiently, listening for her to finish

Har? calling/sms u in odd hours like 2 or 4 am??? wow.... did you tell her before that you are interrupting your sleep?

Your boss is in London that time or what ( she forgotten the time differences?)

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My boss is very much here in KL. She is a drama queen. Likes to broadcast the fact that she is very stress, pressured, that's why still awake at 2am, 4am to sms, blah blah blah. If she cannot sleep, she can't be bothered whether others are sleeping or not. If she hasn't taken lunch, she will make sure no one can leave for lunch. Sometimes we have to stand in front of her table watching her eating while nagging and all the while our stomach is making noises. She just can't be bothered.

Most often she will call after office hours to scold, nag, etc. Cannot do anything. Just can sit and listen and ocassionally respond by saying hmm, ooh, ha or else she will ask 'are you listening to me?'.

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Well.. my boss will call me on sat / sun just to complain my work.. scold this and that.. shot here and there.. haiz wat to do?? just though he singing lol.. :whistling:

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well i guess i'm lucky so far never really gotten a boss who call me after work hours or on weekends.

there is only 1 chatty/naggy boss and he will only nag me during work hours and he always make sure we all leave when its time to leave additonal 1 hour work is ok but never more than that or later than him.

Most of the time the calls i get is from customer (last time while i was working outdoor) and to them is they dont care if they want info, pricing or got problem they will call irregardless of hours.

So after awhile what I did is everytime customer call on weekends I will start off by telling them, I dont work weekends, cant give them info, wait till monday and etc. Next if they still persist then I wont pick up, put on silent or just off the phone. Want to use only activate it LOL !

After awhile they get the message that I dont work weekends irregardless what they do. So they learn to wait till monday. It also helps to have good boss who also tell them off by saying "Its weekend lah.....no one work on weekends"

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My boss is very much here in KL. She is a drama queen. Likes to broadcast the fact that she is very stress, pressured, that's why still awake at 2am, 4am to sms, blah blah blah. If she cannot sleep, she can't be bothered whether others are sleeping or not. If she hasn't taken lunch, she will make sure no one can leave for lunch. Sometimes we have to stand in front of her table watching her eating while nagging and all the while our stomach is making noises. She just can't be bothered.

Most often she will call after office hours to scold, nag, etc. Cannot do anything. Just can sit and listen and ocassionally respond by saying hmm, ooh, ha or else she will ask 'are you listening to me?'.

Har? aiyoh... can go and bring her to the court for abusing labour law d.... so terrible la....

how long u working in such environment? can't get any better job (or izzit she's paying you with very high salary to abuse?)

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yeah i do get a lof calls after office hours and at night. But not from my boss :lol: He is the one who is afraid i might call him to discuss things :lol:

Most of the time its call from my staff or from my overseas customers. Thats bcos we operate 24 hours and have customers all over the world. So i take the calls anyway as i always believe in serving customers first. Besides, my office hours are usually their sleeping hours :lol: The last call would usually be around 1-2 am if there is any.

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Hahaha usually just feel want to rest then will naturally get calls ^_^ After the call feels like at work....!! But some friends I know do not answer calls after work! But won't the boss ask them why didn't pick up?

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Har? aiyoh... can go and bring her to the court for abusing labour law d.... so terrible la....

how long u working in such environment? can't get any better job (or izzit she's paying you with very high salary to abuse?)

She is my superior, not the person who pays my salary. Situation here is like a country. If you have a bad prime minister, you just have to live with it. I have been here for almost 10 years already. Before that, I am not a staff. I was a postgraduate student getting their scholarship

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She is my superior, not the person who pays my salary. Situation here is like a country. If you have a bad prime minister, you just have to live with it. I have been here for almost 10 years already. Before that, I am not a staff. I was a postgraduate student getting their scholarship

Wah...10 years?! On bond?? Hmmmm speaking about bond...cannot run eh.

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wow... this is really a good thought.... but some ppl will leave because of the politic or people problems.... just cannot tahan...

however, u are already 10 years there..... it's.... like..... erm... (can't think of a word to express myself)

what ur company do and what do u do there?

ops... is this out of topic? can ask?

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My bos used to call me after working hours but i dun answer the call.. well see mood lor if i feel hardworking then i'll answer.. but usually no, so, slowly he get the message and stop calling me after working hours.

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wow... this is really a good thought.... but some ppl will leave because of the politic or people problems.... just cannot tahan...

however, u are already 10 years there..... it's.... like..... erm... (can't think of a word to express myself)

what ur company do and what do u do there?

ops... is this out of topic? can ask?

I am actually in a government agency. I work as a research scientist. So most of the time, I am left alone doing my own research. It is a very good job and I like it as I like research a lot. But then, being in the research line which emphasis more on commercialisation than fundamentals, we get lots of pressure from the government and industry to perform or to come out with results. That's where the crazy boss comes in. Most of the time she calls/scold/nag because of the pressure from the ministry and government. Here, we deal with minister or the ministry all the time. So when it comes to government things, we need to be extra careful. You can tell your boss or colleague you have too many work to handle or couldn't come out with the results at a specific time. But, can you tell the minister or even the prime minister that? That's why die die also have to receive call

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Greetings.

I'm used to it already ... eventhough I'm on a vacation, the phone calls still follows me wherever I go. Sometimes its really disturbing and really felt frustrated over it .. but somehow when think in another way, it actually symbolize how important you are when you're away from work or on off day. I used to tell my customer and let them know my off days .. sooner or later they will not call on that day and even say sorry for disturbing in a polite way. Getting closer to them as well .. :)

Just my experience.

Cheers.

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well, i do received calls from my manager after working hours, weekend, vacation and the worst part is when i'm mc. hardly rest myself. sometimes i just wish to off the phone or state "no coverage area" :D

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I never receive any calls after office hours, as a majority of my colleagues are already married, they all spend their time at home with their family and nobody will work after office hours. If I'm on MC or holiday while everybody is working (hehe...), I DO NOT answer my phone because it's my private time and nobody should disturb me. That's why everytime before I go for holiday, I'll inform my colleagues and settle all the issues or projects that I work on.

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i used two phones~! one private, one office~!

that means after working hour i will off my working phone~~!

to me .. work is work~! never bring work home~!

Spiritdust, you are my idol !! Work is work ~! never bring work home~!

Hurray for you :)

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