I'm on leave, but everyone has returned to work and have been needing to get in touch. It kinda ruins leave and I'm thinking I'll come back to work early and recoup my time later in the year.

Has been a cracker holidays though, especially this last week. Have loved connecting with my kids over new hobbies and interests.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This past leave break, I deliberately didn't check emails, answer text messages or phone calls (voice mail also disabled on network). It was awesome. Didn't worry about anything. They should respect the fact you're on leave, but there is always the idea they think you won't mind if they ask a quick question.
"Sorry to bother you while you're on leave but......"

Nah. Go silent.

[–] Rincewindnz 3 points 10 months ago

Normally I do go silent, I made the fatal mistake this year of work not providing a work number, so have had people calling my personal number (sometimes a gamble). Also has sucked being in a fledgling managerial position and having a huge number of "issues" that have cropped up (starting a new service so haven't quite got the infrastructure in place yet in terms of phones etc).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

When I'm on leave, I don't check work stuff. If people kept hassling me when I was on leave, that totally doesn't count.

I'd also expect people not to contact me unless it was super urgent (and that shouldn't happen, there should always be someone else who can fill in, and at least get it to a state that it can wait until you're back). I'm lucky to work somewhere big enough for those processes, though.