Can anyone else not leave their work behind?

[Kay1]

My husband sometimes has to leave us and return home for meetings, though he can usually make do with his Crackberry. I, too, look forward to his retirement.

 

[tennessee]

we both can now with the jobs we have, What I really hate is seeing all the kids on their phones. So sad to see everyone in a family on their phone when they are trying to sit down to a nice meal, Our daughter is 23 now and we dont allow that, it is family time. Why do so many young kids need a smartphone at disney or on vacations. Just my 2 cents

 

[ciera321]

My DH! He is on call 24/7/365. If they need him, they call, vacation or not. I'm not complaining! That's what pays for my Disney habit...

 

[ErinsMommy]

We only travel/go away once a year so both our jobs let us have that time uninterrupted. Rest of the time, we stay local and always make ourselves available by phone or text.

 

[buzznina]

I also have an electronic leash and need to be accessible. I do try to get all the e-mail etc out of the way early in the morning and do a check in the evening. Having said that, it never really becomes a true vacation. If a work problem arises, it's on your mind all day while you are trying to have fun. Not a good way to shed work stress! Retirement can't come quick enough!!!

electronic leash That nailed it on the head.

 

[mybestieismickey]

DH has to file a report with work every Sunday, even if he only works one day of the previous week. Since we usually travel mid week to mid week, I know that he has to at least do that when we are away. He brings his work laptop and checks his email once a day unless something is going on that he needs to be more involved in.

And chances are, he will have to take at least a couple of calls. It gets a little gray though since he's friends with some of the people he works with so the calls will often be one quick question and then friendly conversation. I don't mind if it's fairly short, but if he gets over 10 minutes, you can feel the waves of frustration coming off me. Then I start muttering, not too quietly, "You hang up first!" "No you hang up!" "Okay, I'm really hanging up now." "Okay, on the count of three, lets hang up together." "You didn't hang up!" That usually gets him off the phone pretty quick.

Oh, and if we are gone at the end of a pay period, he has to submit his time sheet. He tries to get that done as much as he can before we leave, but he has to code each and every 15 minutes based on what he was actually doing so if he takes calls while away, he has to account for those. I fully support his doing this though, since he doesn't get paid if he doesn't do it. I like when he gets paid.

 

[TheRatPack]

My husband answers some work calls while he's on vacation....I figure it's no big deal as long as he's not doing it in rides and shows....LOL I check my emails while on vacation while I am waiting on laundry....etc so kind of the same thing I guess.

 

[JennyDrake]

Count me as yet another Poor Unfortunate Soul who can't leave work. Like PP I own the business. What _I_ do is set aside a specific time each day at WDW for work (phone, email) then I do not TOUCH it during the rest of the time.

 

[Forever Fairy]

DH absolutely can't. He works as a Construction Mgr for a large corporation and sometimes things happen that he must take care of. Because it's Disney, I have no issues going to the parks by myself and meeting him when he's finished. Kind of nice getting to do and go where I want and not have to worry about anyone else.