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Brand Strategist

Is it just my agency, or is closing time at 5 PM actually just the start of Phase Two? I see my Slack icons stay green until 9 PM every single night, and if I log off at a normal hour, I feel an incredible amount of guilt. Nothing we do is so urgent that it requires a Tuesday night crisis meeting at 8 PM. How do we break the always on culture?

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  1. Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) 1

    It’s all agencies. You need to decide whether you want to participate in it or not. That’s why I left the agency world. We’re not curing cancer. And if they let you go for not working ridiculous hours it wasn’t the right place for you!

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  2. Partner Marketing Manager 1

    Be the change you want to see. I stopped working late and low and behold, nothing bad happened. Just test it.. commit to going a few weeks with boundaries and you'll see how everything is fine, the work gets done and no one is mad at you.

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  3. Medallia 1

    I also think it depends on company. I manage an international team so it’s not unusual for me to be seen on online at strange hours, but you’re not gonna see me on at 9 AM.

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