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[quote=Anonymous]Knowing who the people are changes everything about this question.

Your boss? This is life. Get a new job or deal, unfortunately. Or you can try to set boundaries ("Oh, I won't be answering my phone on vacation") but you'll be risking your job. You could also try the old "oh, the place I'm going has no cell service" canard.

Someone else above you in the food chain? It may be worth a conversation with your boss about what happened and how you might be able to avoid it or better deal with it next time. Otherwise, same as above.

Someone at a similar level to you? You need to have a conversation with them when you're back in the office and figure out where the disconnect was, and if they don't get it, you need to escalate to your boss.

Your subordinates? This is your fault. Training issue. You should be having serious discussions with them about how their actions were inappropriate and reviewing the appropriate steps they should have taken. And you need to reiterate this before your next trip.

Clients? This is the toughest. Has a lot to do with company culture, the nature of their requests, the importance of the client, and how "replaceable" you are. But this feels fixable, and probably you should start with the policies and training around front desk staff giving out personal cell phone numbers - this shouldn't happen and it's hard to imagine that giving a client who didn't already have it your cell number when you're on vacation was the right call. [/quote]

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