{"id":495,"date":"2012-07-19T14:36:49","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T19:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/articles.pcrecruiter.net\/?p=495"},"modified":"2024-01-11T09:41:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T14:41:51","slug":"how-much-do-employers-expect-you-to-work-after-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcrecruiter.net\/site\/2012\/07\/19\/how-much-do-employers-expect-you-to-work-after-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Do Employers Expect You to Work After Hours?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We live in a society where the line between work and free time is too easily and too often blurred, but most employers still don\u2019t have a policy in place to deal with working after hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cTechnology and Its Impact on Employees During Nonworking Hours,\u201d a new report from SHRM<\/a>, found that a large majority of employers don\u2019t have anything in writing dictating what their staff members can and can\u2019t do when working outside of the office.<\/p>\n

However, most typical employees still feel guilty if they don\u2019t respond to emails at night or on the weekend, even if doing so is not technically part of their job description. That\u2019s because most companies rely on organizational norms, not written policies, to dictate such behavior.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmployers are not creating policies that delve into employees working<\/a> outside of the traditional workday,\u201d Evren Esen, manager of SHRM\u2019s Survey Research Center, said in a press release. \u201cWhether an employee responds to email at night or during the weekend is usually linked to organizational norms. If there is such an expectation, then employees are likely to follow suit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some highlights of the report include:<\/p>\n