Do I still need to reply to messages in the company’s WeChat group after get off work?

Many people in the workplace must have experienced this scenario. After get off work in the evening, I wanted to enjoy my own time, but not long after, a WeChat work group message popped up, asking you to deal with a certain work matter. .

The sudden work news makes you irritable. If you reply to this WeChat, it may mean that what happens next is that you have to turn on the computer, or because of this WeChat, You have to disturb more people like you who are already off work.

In the era of mobile Internet where information is pervasive, this is a dilemma that every migrant worker faces every day. Why is "replying work messages after get off work" so annoying to workers? Because this represents "invisible overtime".

Pretend you didn’t see the news and nothing happened. As soon as I heard the news, I had one more job to do before going to bed. I finally got my annual leave to travel, but a message from my boss turned me into working overtime at the hotel. Someone asks a question in the WeChat group, and whoever answers it will be responsible for the subsequent series of questions. Employees should get adequate rest while off work. Employers should respect employees' right to rest and should not arbitrarily encroach on employees' rest time.

You have the right not to reply to messages after get off work. There is no doubt about this.

As the philosopher Liu Qing said: "The eight-hour work system is a progress. We cannot regress as we develop." Reply to messages in time and you will get more opportunities

You have the right not to respond to messages after get off work, and the law does stipulate this.

But why does someone always respond to messages in a timely manner? Even if it is not his business, he actively responds to messages and helps solve the problem? "If there are two people with similar abilities, one person will always respond to your messages actively, and the other person will never be found as soon as he gets off work. In the long run, which one will you value more? Which one will you give opportunities and resources to? "Reliability" is a very important quality for a professional, even more important than "professionalism".

Because behind "reliability" is attitude, "professionalism" can be obtained through hard work, but "reliability" is a soul issue of how a working person views himself and the workplace. How should we respond?

1. Clarify your position in the workplace

That is, we must clarify our position in the workplace.

Most of the people who raised this question are ordinary workers like us. If you work as a worker, you have to go back. Going back is the right choice. During the working stage, it’s not the job that needs me, but the job that I need. For ordinary migrant workers, if you are new to the workplace or are on the rise in the workplace, and you are not strong enough to take the initiative, your needs for work are greater than what work needs for you. At this time, replying to work messages may be the most correct choice.

You must know that at this time, we still have a lot of things to do, and we do not have the right to be willful.

Some people may say, "The worst thing is to quit your job, all roads lead to Rome."

If you have a better choice, of course you can do this. Everyone’s situation in the workplace is different, choose a company that suits you better