More than a year has passed, and Xiaomei has officially worked now. But recently, she came to me for telephone consultation and said that she had encountered some things that bothered her.
She said that her job is to work in an Internet company, and her direct leader is a strong woman. Working overtime at home every night, the leader often sends her WeChat.
This made Xiaomei very unhappy and even more angry. "You used to take me as an intern and basically didn't send me messages to talk about work after work, but how did the company leaders do this now? I still hope to have my own private space and don't want to be kidnapped by work! Do you think I can not return her message? "
After listening to Xiaomei's complaints, I understand her grievances. I talked about my views on the news sent by the leaders after work.
First, the workplace work style is different. Xiaomei said that when she was an intern with me, she didn't often send her messages after work, and then compared with the current leader, there was a sense of gap.
In fact, different companies in the workplace, or different leaders of the same company, will have different work styles.
For example, my company used to be a state-owned enterprise, and the pace of work was basically not so fast. After work at night, leaders generally don't come to employees to do work except for emergency affairs.
Xiaomei's current company is an internet company, and its position is still close to the operation post of the business. Work suddenly, the pace is faster. It is common for leaders to often look for her after work.
I believe Xiaomei will encounter similar troubles when she changes to an Internet company to operate. Then there is a different identity. At the beginning of the internship, Xiaomei didn't have many tasks, mainly to assist, but now she has become a formal employee, and it is normal to have stricter management requirements.
There is also the personal style of the leader. Xiaomei mentioned that her boss is a strong woman. Generally speaking, a strong woman is resolute and impatient, and it is normal to continue to arrange work for her subordinates after work.
From the above three aspects, Xiaomei needs to see through the reality of the workplace, rather than blindly comparing with past internships.
Second, there are no special circumstances to reply to the information sent by the leaders to employees after work. Should I reply?
For most ordinary situations, you should reply almost without thinking!
After all, the leader is his own superior. If someone sends a message and pretends not to see it, it will inevitably lead to the unhappiness of the leader.
If the relationship with the leader is not handled well, the career development in this company will be affected to some extent.
I used to work in a private enterprise. At that time, the boss had a very strong request. The boss sends a message to the employees, and even after work, he should reply within half an hour.
Why did the boss make such harsh demands?
Because he believes that sending information to employees is generally not a trivial matter, such as important strategic decisions related to customers or companies. If you don't reply to the message, the delayed employee needs to write a review and reflection to him afterwards. If it is serious, it may be forced to leave directly.
From the employee's personal point of view, it is really private time after work and I don't want to be disturbed. However, in modern society, the market competition is extremely fierce. Employees want a better foothold in the workplace, sometimes they can't be too lofty and stick to their so-called "principles".
Third, what are the skills to reply to the leader WeChat? Since the leader needs to reply to his message after work, what matters should be paid attention to?
First of all, we should look at it in different periods.
For example, in general, from 6 pm to 10 pm, most people don't have a rest or sleep for several hours. During this period, they realized that leaders like to send messages to themselves, and they tried to keep their mobile phones away from them for so long.
If you miss important information, you are in trouble. And put it too far away, if there is an emergency, the leader's phone may not be answered.
But after 10 or later, when you go to sleep, you can stay away from your mobile phone. Even if you don't see the news at this time, the leader may not blame you too much.
Secondly, it depends on the content of the message to reply.
Some news is a very urgent business problem, so it is best to reply to the leader as soon as possible, and the family may have to work overtime.
But some news services are irrelevant, such as the leader sending you articles to read and study or the leader assigning you tomorrow's tasks, and the reply will not be too big in the future.
So smart people read the content first and then consider how to reply and how often to reply.
Finally, pay attention to modal particles when replying to the leader, and don't be too cold and negative, otherwise I'm afraid the leader will give you a hard look the next day. Whether you like the news or not, you should give enough leadership on the face.