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Manager forbids employee from taking the corporate laptop home. Then she gets her after-hours expectations rejected: ‘work both ways’
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But she said the situation changed when her manager tried to contact her after work hours for something described as urgent.
“My manager told me I’m not allowed to take home my corporate laptop because they don’t want it damaged during personal use,” she said.
Melissa said her manager attempted to reach her through Microsoft Teams outside of work hours over a question described as urgent.
“And I reminded her that Teams is only on my work laptop, and my work laptop was exactly where she told me to keep it,” she said.
Many focused on the broader issue of employers expecting availability outside of scheduled work hours.