Workers being dubbed the ‘never-off’ generation are growing frustrated at being contacted outside of their working hours. 9 out of 10 bosses (89%) now admit to getting in touch with their employees when they shouldn’t be working and 29% say they do it regularly.
One in five (20%) of those in senior positions expect staff to answer calls and emails outside working hours at times too. Research by employment experts Citation found that British employees are tired of it too.
More than one in three (36%) hate work calls outside of working hours, 30% get annoyed by their ‘out of office’ status being ignored, 27% get frustrated by people sending work emails at the weekend and 22% get irked by being sent emails outside of their normal hours.
