Sure, but it was not like they were doing anything important that needed their attention. It is fine to reply immediately, your conversation partners will thank you for it.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
You could just not check your phone immediately, it will still be there later.
Honytawk@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
essell@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe dude works from home.
I gotta check my phone pretty Sharp during working times, even if I’m not working, in case I’m needed
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Watching TV with your wife while working from home seems … ok fair point.
essell@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Especially when you’re “on call”
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
essell@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not for me.
I get paid for 8 hours per week, at a rate thats roughly equivalent to the national average wage, to be available for eight hours on three different days.
I almost never actually do eight hours of actual work, so I feel like I’m okay with this deal. I turn off the phone evenings and weekends, I’m not the only one who can help with stuff most of the time.
I do get that a lot of stuff about being on call is abusive and exploitive, but most of the world is not the US.