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Poll: Do you usually check client emails outside of your working hours? Autor de la hebra: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you usually check client emails outside of your working hours?".
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Michael Harris 
Alemania
Local time: 13:36
Miembro 2006
alemán al inglés
Define "Working hours"
I have a relatively long day and am almost always at home.
When I work, I check them, if I am not at my computer, then I am not working.
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Mary Worby
Reino Unido
Local time: 12:36
alemán al inglés
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If I'm out and about in the evenings and weekends, I'll always have a phone with me, so while I don't specifically check, I'll see if anything comes in.
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I receive email notifications on my mobile phone and I usually check the messages as soon as I hear the notification, regardless of the time of day (or night).
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Elina Sellgren
Finlandia
Local time: 14:36
Miembro 2013
inglés al finlandés
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I check my email in the evening when I don't do actual translation work, to see whether there's anything urgent, for instance a good job offer or queries about a project I did during the day. It only takes a couple of minutes and I don't stress about it if I am away from the computer.
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| define working hours! | Feb 12, 2014 |
For a freelance translator, "working hours" mean whenever he or she is at the computer or other work-related device. However, checking e-mail does not always mean "work". For example, I may happen to want to check my e-mail at 2 a.m. having no intention of working if there happens to be work.
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Everybody is entitled to a break
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| My working hours are flexible | Feb 12, 2014 |
After all, I'm a freelancer
But I have an IPad for when I'm on the go during the day.
I don't take it with me e.g. to the movies at night. 
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Elina Sellgren wrote:
I check my email in the evening when I don't do actual translation work, to see whether there's anything urgent, for instance a good job offer or queries about a project I did during the day. It only takes a couple of minutes and I don't stress about it if I am away from the computer.
Isn't it impossible NOT to check your email all the time?
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Marjolein Snippe
Países Bajos
Local time: 13:36
Miembro 2012
inglés al neerlandés
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Chris S wrote:
Everybody is entitled to a break
Hear, hear!
I am one of those dinosaurs who do not have email on their phones.
When my working day is over (can be early, can be late), I turn my computer off and I close the door to my 'office'. Occasionally, that means a project comes in and is assigned to someone else before I come back the next morning - so be it.
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| I need one of these! | Feb 12, 2014 |
Yetta J Bogarde wrote: After all, I'm a freelancer But I have an IPad for when I'm on the go during the day. I don't take it with me e.g. to the movies at night.
To take around with me! Not having a smart phone, it would come in handy.
Which reminds me of a joke I heard:
How do you know when someone has an Ipad?
Answer: they tell you. 
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William Murphy
Italia
Local time: 13:36
Miembro 2009
italiano al inglés
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Michael Harris wrote:
Define "Working hours"
I have a relatively long day and am almost always at home.
I define my working hours as 9 am - 6pm (which is when I can be found in front of my PC. After 6 pm I have my laptop open until I go to bed. I'm not going to work (usually) but I am there to check and respond to e-mails.
Like most people these days I have a smartphone with a paid Internet service but I keep wondering if I should just get rid of it. I never go anywhere that would require me to be connected to the Internet (picking up the kids from school, grocery shopping, holidays - like never).
Sigh... tired of being constantly available.... yet I am when not sleeping.
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inkweaver
Alemania
Local time: 13:36
francés al alemán
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My "working hours" are very flexible, I may start working at 5 am if I happen to be up at that time and take time off during the day, e.g. attend Swedish classes at the local university twice a week, go for a walk, go swimming etc.
I found that having a smartphone which allows me to check my emails whereever I am and whenever I feel like it gives me much greater freedom as I don't feel the need to stay near my desktop computer all the time. Although these days I only work for clien... See more My "working hours" are very flexible, I may start working at 5 am if I happen to be up at that time and take time off during the day, e.g. attend Swedish classes at the local university twice a week, go for a walk, go swimming etc.
I found that having a smartphone which allows me to check my emails whereever I am and whenever I feel like it gives me much greater freedom as I don't feel the need to stay near my desktop computer all the time. Although these days I only work for clients who don't allocate jobs on a "first come, first served" basis, I like to be able to respond reasonably quickly and let my good clients know whether I will be able to do a job or not.
However, I don't check my emails at night - wouldn't dream of it, actually. ▲ Collapse
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| I check them when I'm at my computer | Feb 12, 2014 |
Since I'm on my computer most of my waking hours (translating, writing (my blog, my next book, and other stuff), or doing a kajillion other things), it's normal to check my e-mail. On the rare occasions when I'm not at my computer, I don't want to be bothered.
As I've said many times before, I tend to get long jobs and I usually have at least one waiting in the pipeline, I'm not in a position to take most of the jobs that come my way.
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neilmac
España
Local time: 13:36
español al inglés
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Prithee, what is this "outside" working hours of which you speak, sir?
But seriously, I check my emails whenever I feel like it, whether I'm working or not. The main email account I use for work-related purposes is the one I use most. Some of the other ones have been unused for so long that they get discontinued by the providers.
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