My manager texted me today asking if I could call him today (no context). I’m on my 7th week of maternity leave, and I have a total of 4.5 months of maternity leave. I have not been long with the company (less than a year). The whole situation feels odd to me. Thoughts? Things to be aware of?

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If it were me, my first thought would be something terrible, but honestly it’s more than likely something silly. Maybe a missed paperwork form or something? Really not sure what the reasoning would be, but hopefully something with a real reason to be contacting you during leave.

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I agree. I would assume they had a question only I can help answer really quick rather then them spending extra time.

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Managers should be reaching out while you’re on maternity leave unless you have them the go ahead prior. Only HR should.

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Agreed. And it's super unprofessional to send a text message especially. An email should be more than enough, it can't be that urgent. With no context, that kind of text can be terrifying and when you're on maternity leave that's the last thing you need. Keep us updated, hope it's nothing big!

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