What do you do when your manager wants your personal number so that they can contact you on holiday?

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Decline like a sane person

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“I won’t be reachable during my out of office, let me know if you have any questions before I head out”. This is why I enjoy doing hiking/camping trips. I can just say I’m off the grid without phone service lol

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Forget to give it

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1- ensure you have a backup for all tasks while you’re gone
2- remind your manager who your backup is

I’ve been at my current company for 8 years. Upper management knows how to get ahold of me, and they have contacted me 4-5 times after hours in those 8 years, outside of times when I wasn’t planning to be online.

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I agree 100% with this. Always have a coverage plan. Redirect to the coverage.

“Sorry my personal number is only for my close friends and family”

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I might start applying

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You may “forget,” but it may turn out you just have to tell them that for work/life balance, you will be using your work phone for all communications.

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Tell them to call 911 if there’s an emergency (or whatever your country’s code is)

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I have a newer manager who abuses this. Our engagement manager did not abuse this.
It started that we didn’t have work phones- now they still use the personal one too much. I did have a hard discussion when I started setting boundaries at work. I suddenly got bad feedback after being a great performer for ages. After sorting it out and time, they backed off. Still, they keep using my personal number. I need to keep responding with my work number.

@Deloitte. I paid off and they did chill out generally. They were a new manager and overdoing it.

We get work cellphones, why would they need your personal contact? I wouldn’t bother anyone on PTO unless it was urgent.

Did you plan your PTO in advance or last minute?

Or just give it to them and never respond 😂

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