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0 pointsliberte829y ago0 comments

As a manager in IT I have to have my phone on 24x7 for escalations and I hate it. On the occurrences that I take a real vacation and can turn my phone off, something in my head flips and I can truly forget about it. When it is on, there is something subconscious that will not quite let go and I can feel it.

I feel I would benefit greatly from being able to truly turn my phone off one day a week.

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icebraining9y ago· 2 in thread

Are you really the only person it can be escalated to? What happens if you're sick, or your phone breaks, or whatever?

liberte82OP9y ago

Would go up to the senior manager, or whoever else my team can get ahold of. During vacations I have another manager cover for me. There's always options, but it's expected that I be first point of contact.

coldpie9y ago

I hope you get compensated well for this. I would not put up with those conditions.

dredmorbius9y ago

In all seriousness, find some way out of this.

The stress may well be cumulative, and it's insidious.

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