For those in audit roles — have you ever experienced pressure (direct or indirect) to stay connected during major personal events like childbirth, surgeries, or family emergencies?

Is this normal? Or does your leadership explicitly encourage disconnecting during approved leave? Trying to benchmark.

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This is where you need to establish boundaries, over communicate them (like times when you are not available) and stick to them.

If you give people an inch they will take a mile so you can’t give the inch.

Also, as the first response indicates, there are local laws in certain countries that may impact this. You need to educate yourself on laws that may apply.

Unless you’re a medial professional/first responder, you’re literally not saving livess so nothing else is really important.

Gimme a break with this nonsense.

Don't answer the phone. Observe what happens. If you aren't immediately fired they are giving idle threats. Set a boundary, be available and helpful during working time and don't respond when you are off. People will adjust.

Doing so without communicating isn’t the appropriate way to handle it. Communicate directly when you are available and when you are not.

I work in the very exciting world of IA. No, as our work is usually time bound as long as we hit deadlines nobody cares. My Director has been on an audit opening call while driving her son back from
School because he was sick. Anything family related we can go immediately. Sounds like your leadership are poor.

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