I worked with a boss who would not stop calling me after 7 pm.
He used to call me for the smallest of the things,
Until it started taking a toll on my health.
One morning, I gathered courage and told him,
“Boss, everyday discussing complex issues at home is effecting my sleep and family time. ”
He fortunately understood my point.
We made an agreement to speak only in emergencies.
I later on had one of the best working relationships of my career with him.
This taught me:
1) Solving issues by discussion is underrated in the business world: If I wouldn’t have asked my manager to give me some space after the working hours, perhaps I would have left the company sooner or later. Company would have suffered, but I would have lost more.
2) Everything is negotiable – if you learn to put across your genuine issues properly, there can be a way out.
