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E_Squared
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Work keeps calling me- Poll inside
E_Squared
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I'm on maternity leave, and will be until mid-September. I'm starting to get highly annoyed - work keeps calling me on an average of every other day. I'm not collecting full pay while on mat leave (only getting 70%), and I fell like they are intruding on my time home. Not to mention, my daughter is colicky, and between taking care of her, chasing my toddler around, and trying to keep *some* semblance of normalcy around here, I barely have time to pee, eat or shower myself. Let alone do work that my backup is *supposed* to be covering for me.
So, I need your help.
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Re: Work keeps calling me- Poll inside
Amen sister friend.
I am unpaid and they took away my laptop, and I could not have been happier because I knew there was no way I could do any work from home. If I was getting paid by my company, I would call and help.
I am guessing that you didn't have a clear discussion w/ work about how your work was going to be handled while you're away? Or maybe you did, but they didn't follow through with it?
Either way, I would probably try to answer a few emails/phone calls while I can, and just limit them to x amount of hours, whatever amount you're comfortable with--and let your supervisor know. Although I wouldn't have been able to do it the first 3 weeks (this is my 5th week, and I am just finally getting around to be able to be on emails/internet/etc...). So you can try to let's say deal w/ issue A-D, then drop a note to your boss and say, I deal with these four issues, and need you to delegate the rest to someone else unless it can wait until (next week-or whenever you can get them done).
I do have a very good relationship w/ my managers-and I would hate to be burning the bridges w/ them because when I return to work, I would want them to support me and at times, I would want them to work w/ me on my family's needs (LO is sick, I need to take vacation day, or need them to cover for me when I need to attend to my family's needs).
I'm on an unpaid leave and my work calls me all the time. I'm paid hourly and the manager/director of an animal hospital. I'm even still doing my associate's schedules and staying up to date with my work e-mail (even though it's not allowed in anyway, shape, or form). I like knowing that, even though my position is guaranteed through the FMLA, that I'm valuable and needed! Plus, I like staying in the loop with my ever changing medical and corporate crap!
You're paid at 70%? That's frickin' awesome and I'd kill for that. Answer a few calls/e-mails ...
I was getting calls all the time in the beginning due to having to go out earlier than planned due to high BP. I was talking to them 2 or 3 times per day. Now, they haven't called since the baby was born. I'd just be honest and let them know when it becomes too much.
I assume the 70% is short term disability?
You have the 'right' not to be disturbed while you are home and on leave, but if the time commitment is pretty minimal (a short call every couple of days), I wouldn't say anything about it personally. If the phone rings and you can grab it, I would, but I wouldn't bend over backward.You are being 70% because you are on leave, not because you agreed to work 70% of the time. I'd have a brief, friendly conversation with your boss about what their expectations are, and that it seems to be in conflict with what you understood "leave" to mean.
Regardless of whether you're paid or not, you're on leave and they shouldn't intrude on that. But, I think you should try to help out when you can. If it gets to be too much, just be honest with them.
I was called several times while I was on leave. Sometimes I could help, other times I couldn't. It just depended on what was going on at home at the time.
SS. Ask that they email you instead of calling, and tell them you'll be able to answer any questions once or twice a week.
BFP #2 1/22/2012 ~ DS2 & DD ~ BIRTHday 9/13/2012 ~ unplanned C-section @ 38w1d
This is pretty much the point I'm at. The first call came in FOUR days after I got home from the hospital after having DD. Then I had a week "off", and then the calls started coming in about every two or three days. I'm starting to get frustrated - one call won't be a big deal, but several times a week is getting old.
While it's awesome that yes, I do get 70% pay, I DO pay into my STD each and every paycheck to be able to have this benefit.
Wait - this is STD, and not pay from your employer? It's actually illegal to be working while on STD. Review your STD contract and inform your boss that you will not be able to respond to any work requests while receiving disability.
This is pretty much the point I'm at. The first call came in FOUR days after I got home from the hospital after having DD. Then I had a week "off", and then the calls started coming in about every two or three days. I'm starting to get frustrated - one call won't be a big deal, but several times a week is getting old.
While it's awesome that yes, I do get 70% pay, I DO pay into my STD each and every paycheck to be able to have this benefit.