On PTO to spend time with families. Felt bad leaving my mgr w/out much support so I said I could work 3 hrs every day during the 2nd week. Plus I know I will have some down time then. -cont-

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Why would u even offer to login while on vacation? Life tip: never do that! Lol

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Kinda your fault. If you let them, people will take all of your free time to keep theirs.

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Yeah, bad move. Set your boundaries and stick to them. Give an inch and they will take a mile.

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You can let him know that it would take you X amount of time and you do not have enough time with given your personal schedule.

You can set expectations with him by only responding emails that need quick answer but not doing real work, and tell him you will get to it once you are back from PTO.

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It's your fault. Stop saying you can be available on PTO. I do it too and it's my fault when I end up wasting my vacation on work. They won't know to leave you alone if you're actively saying you want to help while you're out.

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Doesnt matter his fault or not. He is looking for advice on how to turn it around. Not to hear ..."your fault " OP..just email ur mgr and let him know ur plans changed and you will be in a no cell phone or internet zone.

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Answered some of his urgent requests during 1st week and now he expects I work some heavy load during the 2nd. Anything I can do to alter the expectation or is it all my faults for saying I could do some work in the first place

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I’d also only take PTO for exactly the hours I’m actually on vacation though. Ie if you’re working, bill that shit

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Do your due diligence to provide people with the tools for them to cover you.

Never log in if you are on vacation.

If something is missed or messed up while you're gone, the machine will keep going. You need to be transparent that the team members currently were incapable of doing the work you needed them to do.

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OP get your life back. Don't be a slave to the wheel. Straight up #sad just reading this

Agree with m1 and atk1

Thank you EY1 and M1. Both are very helpful. I planned on working the 2nd week for some hours when I booked the PTO, but definitely not full time. I will email him Monday to clarify my availability doesn't allow me to complete what he's asking for.

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