Anonymous wrote:Why did you answer the phone?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why did you answer the phone?
Because I thought it was an emergency.
Then again, I might keep two phones, one for work and one for personal use. And the work one stays home.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why did you answer the phone?
Because I thought it was an emergency.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Help me shame them or get them fired.
I got back from an 8 day trip yesterday that was the first time I'd taken more than two work days off in a row since 2020. Office was given 11 months notice. Alert was sent to contacts a month before with an 'instruction' sheet on what to do without me.
And I set an out of office to the effect of "I am on vacation and without access to work email and work phone. Please contact XXX in my absence and be sure to reply all for team visibilty. Otherwise, I will respond to your note ~ July 7th/8th"
Two people called our main number a half dozen times claiming emergency and our front desk gave them my cell. They then called me a combined 13 times while I was on vacation. This was after I sternly told them they were out of bounds and I'd speak with thm in a week. But they kept up with the "but this will just take a second..."
People suck. No one respects out of office any more. And frankly, I feel like if I don't answer, I'll get upbraided by my boss. There are no real "emergencies" - if there was an actual emergency, a manager above you would just make a decision.
Anonymous wrote:Why did you answer the phone?
Anonymous wrote:Help me shame them or get them fired.
I got back from an 8 day trip yesterday that was the first time I'd taken more than two work days off in a row since 2020. Office was given 11 months notice. Alert was sent to contacts a month before with an 'instruction' sheet on what to do without me.
And I set an out of office to the effect of "I am on vacation and without access to work email and work phone. Please contact XXX in my absence and be sure to reply all for team visibilty. Otherwise, I will respond to your note ~ July 7th/8th"
Two people called our main number a half dozen times claiming emergency and our front desk gave them my cell. They then called me a combined 13 times while I was on vacation. This was after I sternly told them they were out of bounds and I'd speak with thm in a week. But they kept up with the "but this will just take a second..."