I Refused to Answer Work Chats After 7 P.M.—Now HR Stepped In

You should have just ignored, not responded. I have a boss like that. When Im not being paid I don't check or respond. You were right BUT you went about it the wrong way. Sorry.

You could have made your reply differently instead of sounding rude.

REport this crap to the State Labour Board, or whatever the relevant Authority is where you live. This is surely unlawful.

So everyone is mad that they will now be paid for the work they were doing for free previously?

They're actually stupid.

Who's the company? Black listed! It's simply narcissistic control! Obviously has no friends or a life!

By law if you're not getting paid for it you don't have to do it but if they're paying you then what's an extra 20-40 minutes

Even if you haven't personally experienced it, a daily 1:1 can mean only one thing: everyone on the team is not being treated equally and not everyone is getting the same information. So at least one person has already been singled out for gaslighting and bullying. More importantly, this bullying always used to be done during non-scheduled work hours, meaning that you should have been paid. You actually now have the workplace where you want it. If they're not going to pull you out of work for the daily bullying session, they need to pay you for the extra time you will spend having to listen to it.

Find a different job. Regardless of outcome you were correct to speak up.

You have done nothing wrong. It's none of one's business to make others happy or sad as long as he/she is doing right thing. I have faced such nonsense coworkers many times during my service carrear. You should not even think about them.

Your into it now stick to your guns and ride it out they'll get over it sooner or later

20-40 minutes once a week isn't that bad...
as long as you're getting paid for it!

Na screw your team, work/home life, boundaries need to be set

You should be paid for the extra time...if not contact the Labor dept. Conference/evaluation WEEKLY? Never heard of that

"An extra 20 to 40 minutes after work for an in-person performance review." I hope this is just a phrasing problem. This is work for which you should be paid.
And group chat is the wrong place for performance appraisals especially if they're for individuals and not the team. Your boss has issues.

I understand but you should have said it a different way. Now you have a meeting and as long as that is paid you have your wish.

Hahaha and that's what you get. I realize you don't want to work outside your hours but sometimes it may be necessary. Things come up and you have to be flexible a bit just as you would expect them to be flexible if you had a child sick and needed to leave work early.
You so could of handled that differently like ignoring the emails and then looking at it before work and stating you didn't look at it until then.
It is totally your fault

Get yourself a lawyer and sue the boss.

Your reply to your boss is challenging his power. You should reply more softer way.

A group chat I thought is a chat that everyone listed in the group is able to see what's been sent by everyone else? Since I have never been involved in a group chat in my phone anyway maybe I'm incorrect. But if I'm right, how can one of those be used to send private communication such as a work performance review? And then on the other side why in the world would you send such a hostile message to your supervisor that you know every other employee is able to also read? You mentioned that all coworkers had no problems responding to the chat. There is no reason to stick up for fellow coworkers if they are not the one's complaining

What kind of employer does daily performance reviews, or has stuff so important that they have to review notes after-hours every day?

The message was about the finance Miss author. The minute you say I don't work for you 24/7 that is confrontational. There are better ways to handle it using a lot of indirect passive voice words which is how you should be dealing with things if you're too direct you get unintended consequences

Once a week, you would have to stay less than an hour extra? You WOULD NOT BE BOTHERED AT HOME, possibly several times a week? WHAT IS THE PROBLEM. It sounds like THEY SHOULD BE THANKFUL TO YOU. Unless you are not being compensated for that extra office time, it should be considered a WIN. If they don't see it that way, maybe they were using "WORK CHATS" at home, as an EXCUSE TO AVOID whatever is going on AT HOME. YOU DID nothing to be ashamed of. Your coworkers are the ones with the problem. Your boss, on the other hand, may have realized that he can't usurp your home life, with work related issues. He would have to PAY for that.