--- title: "M’sian Gen Z Worker Reminds Boss He Has A Life Too After Ignoring 7 Calls On His Day Off" url: https://weirdkaya.com/msian-gen-z-worker-reminds-boss-he-has-a-life-too-after-ignoring-7-calls-on-his-day-off/ date: 2026-11-05 modified: 2026-11-05 lang: en author: "Jann Firdaus" description: "You’ve finally reached your day off, only for your phone to start ringing with calls from work. Do you pick up, or leave it until Monday? A Threads post by..." categories: - "Society" tags: - "boss" - "calls" - "Gen Z" - "Worker" image: https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/Msian-Gen-Z-Worker-Reminds-Boss-He-Has-A-Life-Too-After-Ignoring-7-Calls-On-His-Day-Off.png word_count: 652 --- # M’sian Gen Z Worker Reminds Boss He Has A Life Too After Ignoring 7 Calls On His Day Off ## TL: DR - **Threads user @abdul_adzim** shares a story about a Gen Z employee named Hakim who challenges his boss after ignoring 7 calls on a Sunday. - **Hakim confronts his boss** at 9am on Monday by asking if the boss answers calls at 11pm, exposing a double standard regarding personal life. - **An HR representative** questions whether the company pays an on-call allowance for 24-hour standby, prompting the boss to postpone off-day work via WhatsApp. - **Netizens share similar experiences** in the comments, including receiving client messages at 2am and calling bosses back at 3am or 4am to set boundaries. **You’ve finally reached your day off, only for your phone to start ringing with calls from work.** Do you pick up, or leave it until Monday? A Threads post by [@abdul_adzim](https://www.threads.com/share/I33FS0Xpm) has sparked a discussion about boundaries at work after sharing a story about a Gen Z employee who challenged his boss over being expected to answer calls on his day off. ## Boss questioned him over 7 unanswered calls In the story, an employee named Hakim was called into his boss’s room at 9am on a Monday. ![Office scene with pixelated faces](https://weirdkaya.com/wp-content/uploads/Office-scene-with-pixelated-faces.png)For illustration purposes only. His boss demanded to know why he had ignored seven calls the previous day. Hakim calmly explained that it had been Sunday, his day off. However, the answer apparently did not go down well. The boss raised his voice and questioned whether being on leave meant Hakim could ignore work. Instead of arguing, Hakim asked if he could pose a question of his own. > If I called you at 11pm because of a family problem, would you be required to answer too?” ## ‘You have a personal life. Don’t I?’ According to the post, the boss responded that the situations were different because he had a personal life. Hakim then pointed out the double standard. > Oh, you have a personal life. Don’t I?” The story also described a colleague named Amir trying to hold back his laughter, while another colleague, Kak Liza, chimed in to say she did not answer calls on Sundays either. When the boss questioned her, she joked that even her husband needed an appointment to interrupt her on a Sunday. ## HR raised the question of an on-call allowance ![HR Questions Boss About On-Call Pay](https://weirdkaya.com/wp-content/uploads/HR-Questions-Boss-About-On-Call-Pay.png)For illustration purposes only. The exchange took another turn when an HR representative joined in with a question about compensation. > If staff are required to be on standby for calls 24 hours a day, does the company pay an on-call allowance?” In the story, that left the boss silent. Five minutes later, he reportedly sent a message to the office WhatsApp group announcing that work matters on days off would be postponed unless there was an emergency. Hakim then delivered one final cheeky reply, asking whether the boss forgetting his Excel password counted as an emergency. ## Others shared their own experiences The post prompted several users to share their experiences with work calls and messages outside office hours. One commenter claimed they had previously been humiliated during a meeting for not answering calls or working after hours. They said they later began contacting the boss at 3am or 4am with questions, only to be asked whether those matters could wait until working hours. Another user recalled receiving a work message from a client at 2am over the weekend, then being questioned by their boss on Monday for not replying. The commenter said they explained that their working hours were 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, and that they were not paid to work weekends. When allegedly told that the sales department needed to work around the clock, they pushed back against the expectation of being available without additional pay. ## Some bosses respect clocking-out time Others shared more positive experiences. One commenter praised their two bosses for only contacting employees during working hours, with no calls or messages after 6pm or over the weekend. According to the commenter, their bosses believed that once employees clocked out, their time belonged to them. Meanwhile, a retired government employee offered a different perspective, describing how their former role required them to remain contactable at all hours. They recalled having to attend to a fallen tree at 11pm, some 150km from home, and answering a work call just as they were about to break their fast. The responses showed how differently employees experience time off, from being left to enjoy their evenings to being expected to answer calls at any hour. *Does your workplace respect your days off, or does work follow you home too?* **[READ ALSO:](https://weirdkaya.com/boss-gets-angry-at-gen-z-staff-for-leaving-on-time-staff-reminds-them-they-clock-in-on-time-too/)** https://weirdkaya.com/boss-gets-angry-at-gen-z-staff-for-leaving-on-time-staff-reminds-them-they-clock-in-on-time-too/ --- ![Check Us out at WhatsApp now!](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/cta-whatsapp-v2.jpg)Join us at [WhatsApp ](https://bit.ly/WhatsAppWeirdKaya)now! ---