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Re:Yelp Fired Manager After He Didn't Take Calls, Check Emai... by godelski on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:42PM (#19222382)
I'm not old, but I tell people that I don't check work emails when I go home. But I give the offer that they can call me. Usually this leads to almost never being contacted on the weekend or after hours, and only really when there is a dire need. People seem to be more hesitant to call or text than send an email, and so this method works. But that's part of the implied condition. I think it is fair to call someone after hours for emergency type stuff, but not typical work stuff.

Doing this has facilitated a healthy work life balance and I believe leads to better productivity.

Re:Yelp Fired Manager After He Didn't Take Calls, Check Emai... by tfigment on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:25PM (#19222604)
I basically do the same. We are critical development/operational support so I have to have on-call support and do so 1 week at a time with primary and backup (I'm implied 2nd backup if not higher in chain). But my google voice number is only listed on the official schedule website and not in the company contact database so only those that need to know know.

The best thing that ever happened to me was company implementing a lockdown policy so that email/chat/... are only allowed from company assets so I am totally cutoff from work via my phone except through that list and the best part is it by the companies own policy. I only get true emergency calls now.

Re:Yelp Fired Manager After He Didn't Take Calls, Check Emai... by godelski on Thursday February 21, 2019 @11:43PM (#19223194)
Sounds like a good pitch for recruiting!