Hi all – so I just got my first official full time job right out of university. It’s a corporate job but nothing crazy. Anyways I am absolutely mind boggled already about the HUNDREDS of emails I’ve been getting- half completely dumb and irrelevant- coupled with the constant flow of teams notifications and texts from my coworkers and managers in our group chats. Who all, for some reason, expect you to reply to everything and everyone simultaneously and RIGHT AWAY while also getting your actual work done. My workplace is also the type that always has a staff event or volunteer thing going on, or some sort of situation that involves my manager or coworkers asking us all to chip in money for someone’s retirement gift, potluck, etc.
ANYWAYS, I need tips on how to stay sane. I’m already finding myself starting to worry about work emails and what I need to get done the next day while I’m OFF work. How do you separate yourself from work? And how do you cope with the constant emails, texts, team meetings, staff events, etc. This shit is actually is obnoxious, idk how millennials have been surviving all of this.