[S'porean in France] - French colleagues report Sharon Au to HR dept after she had the audacity to email them about work at 8pm (ie. after work hours)

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French colleagues report Sharon Au to HR after she emails them about work at 8pm
Work-life balance is very important to the French.


Former Mediacorp artist, 44-year-old Sharon Au, has been working and living in Paris for more than a year.

Stories of her life abroad have intrigued Singaporeans ever since she decided to uproot herself at the age of 42.

Au has been pretty open about sharing her thoughts on living in Paris.

In a recent interview with the Chinese radio station, 96.3 FM, Au shared some of the challenges she faced in adapting to the Parisian way of living.

‘Harassing’ French colleagues with email and message after work
The self-professed workaholic shared that she was reported to the human resource department (HR) twice for bringing up work to her colleagues after the official working hours.

Au said that the first time she got reported by her French colleague was during the first week at work, because of an email that she sent after work at 8pm.

The colleague took a screenshot of her email and sent it to the HR which gently reminded Au to stick to the stipulated working hours.

Three months later, another colleague reported Au to HR again.

This time, it was a reminder text at 11 pm which Au sent to ensure all necessary preparation was done prior to a meeting at 8:30am the next day.

The colleague ignored her text, took a screenshot of the email and sent it to HR.

What’s the consequence?

In response, the HR was more concerned about Au’s well-being as they encouraged her to pick up hobbies such as yoga, instead of reprimanding her.

The company even gave her movie tickets to get a life outside of work.

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While sending emails and messages after working hours is pretty common in Singapore, the French Labour Laws are very strict about the legal length of 35-hour workweek, Au said.

Au quipped that reminding colleagues of work in the evening can be counted as a form of harassment in France.

Enjoys visiting the farmers’ market
Another challenge that Au mentioned was keeping her expenses in check.

She shared that she will now record her monthly expenses in a book and visit the independent farmers’ market to buy groceries so she can strike a bargain.

She added while she still struggles to communicate with the locals in French, she really enjoys asking the farmers about culinary tips.

The farmers are also very kind and will even give her freebies.

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The interview clip ended off with Au discussing future plans.

Au said she would prefer to stay in France for another five to six years.

Having said that, she is certain that she will return to Singapore again and hopes to be able to contribute more by then.

Here’s the interview in full:

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Top photo collage from 96.3FM Facebook and Sharon Au’s Instagram
 
KNN just wondering how she treated her colleagues the next day during working hours or rather how the colleagues treated her KNN is it as if nothing had happened or KNN
 
She spoil market la
 
give her a break, but she also needs to take a break from modern technology. it’s a 24 by 7 by 369 lifestyle these days with email, messaging, social media, and portable devices. no more 9 to 5 work routines.
 
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Guess her white dick did not piak her enough so she bury herself with work , work , work ...
 
I thot she’s well versed in French as portrayed by the media? Knn still struggling to communicate in French?
Another one is that Hossan Leong....maybe he’s also another fake despite claiming he studied French
 
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