Briefly, I am the first point of contact in my family should any emergency arise at my children's school. The school has my mobile number on which to contact me.
I work in an open plan office, and have my mobile phone on silent from when I step in. I do not work in a customer-facing environment, and have chosen my place of employment (in the public sector) based on its proximity to my children.
In the past 3 weeks, I've been phoned by school to inform me that my children have either sustained injuries, been in a coach crash, or need to be picked up from school due to ill health. These I take at my desk.
I have also received phone calls from my landlords about repairs that need to be carried out to my home, and from the people meant to come carry these out. These I would normally get up from my desk, move to a quiet area and respond to. If family members call, I simply disconnect without answering.
Some days my phone doesn't vibrate even once , but other days it may vibrate up to 4 times (at most).
At a recent discussion, my manager said that it has been noticed that m phone buzzes too much, and I should bring my calls down to zero to minimal. I explained my responsibilities and the fact that while I may make calls to say, my landlords in my lunch hour or breaks, I cannot control when I receive calls. Some calls must be answered as I will not be able to contact these people out of working hours.
We do not have a mobile phone use policy beyond some vagueness about respecting others and using our phones courteously.
I cannot give out my office number, as you need to log in to use it, and I am not always at my desk. Also, I am not aware of others doing so.
AIBU?