I Refused to Take Video Calls on Weekends, Now HR Changed Their Policy

Refused to take an hour call so now y’all gotta go in … seems about right … you didnt stand up for your co workers .. you instead ruined it for them.. wtg

Goes to show sometimes you have to take one or two for the team. You didn't want to budge now your sorta inclined to. Yep, you ruined it for all

There was everyone's opportunity to have week ends off. The email said to advise them if the weekends were an issue. If everyone responded by saying they could not work weekends, you would be the hero.

If it’s your intention to be liked at work by your colleagues, forget it. Sticking up for yourself doesn’t translate to them. They have mouths that obviously work. Tell them to direct their ire to HR, not to you. And their passive aggressive email tone is just that. Jobs are NOT a dime a dozen, so tread mindfully around this stance.

Plain and simple- What does your employment agreement/contract say about weekend work? Alternatively, I have straight face told an employer that "my family is way more important to me than this place will ever be".. Another thing that works is if EVERYONE says f*** you and no one shows up on weekends.

Maybe the company should have taken weekends off in to consideration when accepting a clients deadline. Employee is not another word for slave 🤷🏼‍♀️

Are you paid weekly or monthly
How many days a month are you paid for?

Everyone will have their moment, so do the HR

That’s considered retaliation and I would be talking to an employment lawyer.

Inform HR that this doesn't change anything. You still won't be working weekends.

I hate it when your place of employment does not understand that you value your family time
Jobs are a dime a dozen I would have told the company to enjoy their weekends without me because I would be looking for another job immediately and still knowing what my priorities are and keeping them straight

Why have none of you came forward after the email and said no? Remember the next job is around the bend. Besides they can't afford to fire everybody.

I wonder what the client would think?

Depending on if you are management or not and the stipulations of your employment when you took the job, you messed yourself up. Sorry but all these folks saying threatened to quit and other foolishness. Best thing is to start looking for another job cause you are now on HR radar. Most every job I know of at times requires working extra days from time to time. Right now the market is so full with folks looking for work that most of everyone is easily replaceable. To answer your questions, yes you are to blame opening your mouth.

Check you state's labor laws, most have law's stating how many day's you must have off per week. If your state doesn't have any and follow just federal employment laws check those! Labor law's are meant to keep employees from working 7 days a week. Your already working 5 days a week working 7 should and could be against the law.

Tell everyone I the company that everyone and i mean everyone to write up a resignation letter stating that given the commitments of family matters outside of the company during weekends we are unable to commit to what they need and they can either accept the letters or change there policy towards the weekend work they can't meet the deadline if noone works there employees have more power together then as hr carry on they will go back to video calls and noone has to come in there flexing there muscle that's all time to bite back

Inform them that you are " unable to participate in weekend work" as they asked you to.

At will slavery at its finest. Gotta love Corp

Start applying elsewhere.

No. There is life after 5pm