Reply to: Taking the mobile on holiday

[jmo21]

I'll also add that if there are issues to be dealt with when I get back, then I'd rather it takes 2 days of company time than 1 hour of my holiday time.

[lukemg]

WHS, virtually no-one is indispensible, especially in our game, simply their own vanity and need to feel useful. I have seen places adapt in a very short time to virtually anyone going. These people are usually the ones warning things will be catastrophic as they are shown the door and that everyone will be up in arms if they go, they won't remember your name/face 2 weeks later (ref: the office as D Brent is sacked) and are generally breathing a sigh of relief. There is a quality film with Jack Nicholson retiring, the office is being really nice and he is offering to come in and help if they get stuck, showing them all his records etc. He goes back to see if they are getting on ok, no-one has time to chat and every file he had is already piled up next to the bin outside, he realises the truth.

[jmo21]

I just don't get this at all.

I've worked with people like that before, and it's as if the world revolves around them - they really think people can't get issues fixed without them??

The worst part is they don't get any thanks for it, and worse, are generally ridiculed by everyone for it.

[northernladuk]

What would you do if you found out that the tulip had hit the fan?

Make sure the right people are looking at it and have the info they need, then lie back and relax knowing all will be well when I get back to work instead of a pile of poo waiting for me

[Gonzo]

Thing is I like to check my mails every so often for peace of mind. I am not invaluable, I don't plan my work so badly I need to check while I am away. I do it to be able to relax that nothing is hitting the fan while I am away. A quick scan, quick reply job done. Lie back and relax. Nothing more than that.

What would you do if you found out that the tulip had hit the fan?

[northernladuk]

I really can't understand people cannot leave their work at work.

I really feel sorry for those who go away on a break and take their work with them.

My last gig I worked with someone who admitted he was a "weekend dad" not because he was separated/divorced but because he worked long hours, even working when he got home in the evening.

If you can't organise your day properly and get your work done within that day then you need to reassess your working practices.

If I happen to be off (organised of course not to coincide with any project deadlines) then I'm off and will not deal with any work related items till I get back to work.

The blackberry has a lot to answer for...........

I half agree with this but there are two different people here and you are tarring both with the same brush. Yes there are the workaholics who can't get it all done in a day, yes men, poor delegators etc. we all know someone like this and we do feel sorry for them yes.

Thing is I like to check my mails every so often for peace of mind. I am not invaluable, I don't plan my work so badly I need to check while I am away. I do it to be able to relax that nothing is hitting the fan while I am away. A quick scan, quick reply job done. Lie back and relax. Nothing more than that.

I think the difference between these two groups of people who take mobiles aware is the reason. Some HAVE to take it, the others do it by choice.

[norrahe]

I really can't understand people cannot leave their work at work.

I really feel sorry for those who go away on a break and take their work with them.

My last gig I worked with someone who admitted he was a "weekend dad" not because he was separated/divorced but because he worked long hours, even working when he got home in the evening.

If you can't organise your day properly and get your work done within that day then you need to reassess your working practices.

If I happen to be off (organised of course not to coincide with any project deadlines) then I'm off and will not deal with any work related items till I get back to work.

The blackberry has a lot to answer for...........

[expat]

Surely you just set an autoreply saying that you are not contactable, specifying when you'll be back, and giving the name of someone else in the office who can be contacted for anything that can't wait.

And if there is no such person in the office, that is a warning sign.

[Pogle]

Most of my contracts are on sites where no information is allowed out of the building and the networked PC's are locked down - so no external email/internet access etc...
Suits me fine!
Also, I take the month of August off, so if any problems have arisen, they've usually been fixed/forgotten by the time I get back

[Gonzo]

Is he mad or is he right?

He's on the fiddle.

That's why he hasn't taken his holiday and that is why he wants to stay in touch with the office while he is away. It is so he can keep an eye out and keep people away from discovering whatever it is he is up to.

[escapeUK]

When I was permie I found being totally out of contact re-enforced just how valuable I was and how they were in the sht without me.

[rpgpgmr1]

Better to leave them to accumulate in the Inbox and have a relaxing few hours on day 1 back in office.
"Sorry , gotta go through the emails.....will be a while yet " .

[Nicely Nicely]

I've forward all the mail I receive at one client to a webmail account.

We're not allowed to do that here.

[northernladuk]

That's a terminatable offence at almost every client I've ever worked at. I really hope you asked them first!

Can't remember a contract where this wasn't the same as well.

[deckster]

I've forward all the mail I receive at one client to a webmail account.

That's a terminatable offence at almost every client I've ever worked at. I really hope you asked them first!