Ronan Cray
Jan 23, 2024

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This is so true. Luckily, I figured this out long ago. We get a 30 minute lunch, but I make sure to take an hour. When someone asks if I read an email they sent outside if work hours, I say "no". When they ask me to work on weekends I say I have made other plans. I've never been fired or laid off for this behaviourr. Why? Because being assertive and setting boundaries, and the calm that results, is what makes me a better and more engaged worker than my peers.

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Ronan Cray
Ronan Cray

Written by Ronan Cray

Ronan Cray moved away from New York City to live in New Zealand. Author of horror novels Red Sand and Dust Eaters, he finds non-fiction more terrifying.

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