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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
Right-- which is why "i won't check back for responses until X time" works so well.
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That tactic is working well for me when it comes to friends and family, people I expect to be sympathetic towards my busy schedule. When it comes to professional emails I find myself increasingly having to apply stricter rules because of how things can get messy and overshadow my original job description/contract, with considerable impact on performance, which in my case is as pristine as it can be. It's something I'm going through every week and feedback my employers about all the time. It's frustrating because companies working on a budget, particularly a budget that involves public money, create environments where the workload assumes proportions alien to anyone having to deal with it, so you end up being stupefied and can't tell where it starts or finishes.
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i'm not sure i get 100% what you mean but sounds like they're dumping extra work on your lap via email, yes?
it's even more important them to train them that you won't be available at certain hours. there is no need to argue or bang a shoe or anything, just turn off email when you leave work, and again stick to "email times" to deal with email. the faster you respond the faster they expect you to respond.
here's a quick article that refers to the tim ferris method:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/241423
ferris is funnier in his book though
here's a more detailed/wonky discussion
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130...n-t-manage-you
and this is something you can share with the bosses, if they insist of pestering their workers at all hours:
https://hbr.org/2015/09/fixing-our-u...ith-work-email
alright. break someone's legs!