We have a launch coming up at my office job. The go-live date is a Monday. They just sent a meeting invite for 8AM on Saturdays and Sundays. This is on top of our daily Mon-Fri meeting that takes place at 7:30AM (which was already pushing it).
The business hours I agreed to when I was hired are 8AM-5PM Monday – Friday. So, of course, I declined. Can’t wait to hear the shitstorm from my manager.
Is working outside of business hours seriously acceptable now because of remote work? Asking me to wake up at 7AM for an 8AM meeting on both of my days off effectively cancels out the best part of them being days off: the fact that I can catch up on sleep.
This is absolutely ludicrous to me. Had to think of my bills to stop me from quitting immediately upon receiving this request as it is so insulting.