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How to Handle a Boss Who Keeps You on Standby
If your boss treats your time as a flexible resource you manage rather than a finite asset they respect this episode is for you. Lucas and Luna break down the 'on-call employee' problem using the case of a senior marketing manager at a mid-size tech firm who spent months tethered to Slack evenings and weekends waiting for approvals that never came. They walk through the difference between legitimate async work and chronic standby abuse offer a specific boundary script (the two-hour rule) and discuss when the real solution is leaving not negotiating. No vague platitudes just concrete…
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