TennisandSales

Head Of Sales

doing work on PTO

When i take time off, I normally turn notifications off, and check email in the morning and at night and make sure i keep a "todo"list going for when I get back.

The MOST annoying thing that JUST happened on my last PTO was when MY legal department keeps pinging me about questions and asking for an update on an MSA we are trying to get through, when I have been trying to get them to respond for a week.

In the grand scheme of things its not that bad but for some reason it just pisses me off and makes me super anxious.

Anyone have any PTO/work horror stories??

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CuriousFox

WR Officer

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Dude take apps off of your phone if you need to. Mental health matters. ❤

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Well, ignore that legal team. They had their shot, and you can answer questions when you feel like it and/or when you get back.

My worst experiences are always when I have to head for the airport and RIGHT THEN something bubbles up that needs attention and I'm grabbing things while I'm on the phone trying to get out the door.

But a more specific example is from last year. I had one week where I was to be traveling with my family in Montana. I had a customer who couldn't find the time to have their demo the week before I left, but also couldn't wait until the week after - because if I couldn't find a way to do the demo the week I was on PTO, clearly our company didn't want their business and they'd go elsewhere. So I found a morning that worked, when I could legitimately take the call and give the demo before we left the hotel for our next stop. I found a terrace outside, and set up for the demo. The first thing the group says to me when they get on the line - the project is delayed, as the global team is now looking for an enterprise solution, so their project is going to be wrapped into that one...for the following year. All urgency lost, and the deal will no longer be mine anyway. They at least had the grace to apologize, but honestly.

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

omg.......im so pissed for you. that seriously sucks!!! i would have been FURIOUS!

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I got over it pretty quickly, but yes, I was definitely not thrilled.

So it goes...

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

Happens to me quite often and I have to entertain because if I don’t, my deal goes to someone else. It sucks but that how it is for me.

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

that is such crap. sorry to hear thats how it works for you.

jefe

Arsonist

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Unless it absolutely CANNOT wait, it can wait.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Example: CCO scheduling disco call with CEO at top account

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

The $$$ associated with that call would get my attention.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Exactly. Most everything can and should wait though.

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

Officer of ♥️

PTO = DONT FUCKING CONTACT ME

So yes. that is frustrating.

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

My previous role, my manager would ping me throughout the day. if I got an inbound she expected me to hope on a call that day. I gave her the feedback, "Since I am OOO I am not always able to work. I can send an email to the client but I am not going to risk running a bad meeting."

She then wouldn't give me an inbound in a territory I am covering since I told her I would be unavailable. She would ping the team slack channel on who can run a meeting right now.

Needless to say I updated the resume immediately after that

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

holy shit that is terrible.

LordOfWar

Tycoon

Blow it up

Being that it was legal pissing you off, I would go all legal and tally up all the time I spent morning/evening/daytime responding to them, considering responding to them, reading their emails and generally "working" then apply for that as additional PTO in lieu of the time you had to work on your original PTO.

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

ooooo i like this! petty, but effective haha

tightlines

Politicker

Account Executive

Hahah such a classic legal team. Sorry to hear

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

A friend was once asked (told)to carry his laptop on his 2-day PTO.

ER0173

Opinionated

Sr. Business Development Manager

PTO=DND (do not disturb). Period. Your time, your benefit.

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

preach!

BourbonKing

Valued Contributor

VP of Sales

Forward said email from Legal to your manager and ask them to handle it while you are on PTO.

I understand checking email in the morning and evening while on PTO...it makes returning to work much better than sifting through a week's worth of email backlog. Most of it is probably crap anyways and can be immediately deleted. However, I rarely reply to an email while on PTO. Once you do that, the sender knows you're available and willing to work, and there goes your vacation.

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

haha this is true. replying at my own risk!

And yeah if I wait to get back from PTO before looking at emails ill be so overwhelmed and would not be able to do anything else

FoodForSales

Politicker

Isn't that what a manager is for - to cover for you when you're out?

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