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Alwiya Yee P. · 10d ago
Digital content Strats
35F, married with a kid. Since becoming a mother, my priorities have changed but my colleagues don’t seem to get it. They still expect me to work late, reply at night, & spend weekends on tasks like I have ZERO responsibilities at home. Even when I take leave to care for my child, work keeps coming in non-stop. I want to set boundaries, but IDK how to. Partially I'm to be blamed because I've always been a workaholic. But now it's different. How do i tell them to respect my time & space?
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Trisha · 10d ago
Marketing and Social Media Specialist
we all have different style of priorities. Like some have kids, and some have older parents to take care of or some have chronic illnesses/disabilities and some are lucky enough to not have any of those. Feel like your colleagues seem lack of empathetic and supportive. They should help out on your workload or understand your personal boundaries since you already have a kid to take care
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Rishen Batham · 10d ago
Backend Developer
I know it’s hard when people expect the old you, but life has changed. I guess you can start small. Be firm about work hours, stop replying after a set time, and say no when needed. If they push, remind them that your priorities have shifted. You don’t owe anyone 24/7 availability. It’s not easy breaking the “workaholic” image, but if you don’t set boundaries now, they’ll never respect them.
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Kiarra · 10d ago
Graphic Artist
I'm not a parent, but I respect what you're going through. It shouldn't take having a kid to understand basic boundaries. Everyone deserves time off, and your life outside of work matters just as much.
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Nadira · 10d ago
You’ve got this 💪💪💪actually, it’s okay to say no with kindness. If me, I'll start replying with, “I’ll look into this first thing tomorrow”. Boundaries can coexist with being a team player 😄
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Sebastian · 10d ago
IT Associate
Parenting is a full-time gig, they won't understand until they become one..
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Teresa · 10d ago
Client Services Executive
Tried to be polite, tried to be firm.. nothing worked. Now I just shut off notifications after 6. Let them deal. If being human makes me the “difficult one,” so be it.
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Tiara · 5d ago
tbh this seem normal to me. I mean, even tho im not married yet. I was treated like this, in my previous job.
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Bianca · 5d ago
is like you're going through a lot here :(
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Amy · 6d ago
Security Officer
Maybe you can change to other job? Or work as a part-timer?
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Katherine · 9d ago
Finance Manager
Actuali u jus need to set a balance btw work & life, dun feel bad to say NO bt sometimes i feel dat is reli need u den contact u on ur off day, if it isnt too much i believe in a workplace we shd aways try to help each other😊
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