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The Careerologist: My girlfriend complains I’m on my phone too much

Clearly there are times when you need to check your work phone in the evening, but maybe she has a point

The Careerologist: My girlfriend complains I’m on my phone too much

My girlfriend keeps complaining that I spend too much time on my work phone in the evenings — how can I get her to realise that I need to?

Clearly there are going to be times when you have to be checking your work phone in the evenings. Pressing deadlines, horrible bosses or urgent firefighting all mean you sometimes need to be tapping away on your phone while sat on the sofa.

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