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I set strict restrictions and limits on my work-life balance. My company can throw all the work they want at me between the hours of 9 and 5. Anytime outside that range, I’m not an employee, I’m a husband and a father. If my phone rings at 5:15, it goes to voicemail until tomorrow morning. I’m an IT consultant, so I have the luxury of never being on call or working weekends.
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I should probably do something similar and mute all my notifications from work after work-hours. Sometimes people like to explain tasks for me in the evening to not forget them the next day. It really doesn't help with unwinding.
easier said than done: don't work when you aren't at work.
you you need to work evenings because it is more convenient to explain things to you than bank the time and take days off.
My org has similar issues, and I also have to take the oncall rota on a schedule, so I've found that setting my work chat alerts to only trigger when I get @'d and only syncing email after hours when oncall makes things so much better. I have the ability to be reached when necessary, but I can turn off pretty easy once the day is over because people aren't going to buzz my phone for every dumb thing they feel they have to do at night instead of having a life.
I have the exact opposite experience. Tho I'm chronically single so that changes things. I like working until 7-8 pm some days and just relax for an hour or two in the afternoon on others.