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4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Could simply ignoring that after-hours email or Slack message from work be the best way to say “not right now?” Erica Dhawan, author of Digital Body Language, thinks so. This episode was first published March 8, 2022. Read Erica’s story: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/21/opinion/culture/ghosting-work-digital-overload.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share Today’s episode was produced by Jon Ehrens, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and hosted by Adam Clark-Estes. Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.0

Hey, it's Adam. This week we're out of office taking a little spring break of sorts.

0:48.0

So all week in the feed we'll be going back and revisiting some favorite episodes from the archives.

0:54.0

We'll be back on Monday with a brand new episode. Talk to you then.

1:02.0

It's Rico Daily. I'm Adam Clark Estus.

1:05.0

For many workers, especially in this so-called knowledge economy,

1:09.0

the idea of punching in at nine and punching out at five seems prehistoric.

1:15.0

We ever never do.

1:18.0

Between email, text and slack, most of us are reachable well after normal working hours.

1:24.0

And some bosses are taking advantage of this situation and expecting workers to be on call at all times.

1:30.0

This is a problem.

1:36.0

So how should workers who like a reasonable work-life balance react to these situations?

1:41.0

Well, our guest, Erica Duan, who's an expert on digital collaboration and the author of Digital Body Language,

1:47.0

she suggests that the best way to react is to simply ignore them.

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