Message #65474

[gee4]

Doesn't sound like a good day.

I had to cover for my colleague while she was off but she didn't have half the stuff to do while I was off.  

I guess what you should have done was a kind of handover so that everyone doing a piece of your job was clear on what was expected.  Also your line manager should have also been made aware who held responsibility for each task.

Under no circumstances should you have been contacted.  These days I never answer my mobile unless I know the caller or number.  Even so, if you were called on a landline, who had your number and who gave out permission for you to be contacted?  Does HR not have a policy where private information is withheld?

The best thing you can do is never answer a phone whilst on holiday unless you know the caller or can identify the number.  It is even better when you are out of the country and too expensive to reply!

Make it clear the next time you are away that you are not to be contacted.  I would also note all the things that should have been done that weren't and vice versa.  Then there is no confusion the next time.