I'm just interested in knowing if the position I adopt is unreasonable.
For years, I worked full time but after having DD I reduced my pattern to 4 days a week with Friday being my non-working day.
As I see it, it's like an extended weekend and as I am not being paid, I am not obliged to work (unless arranged in advance because the work requires it which happens 8-10 times a year). I imagine that many who work for 5 days a week view their weekends in the same way.
And yet, every Friday, without fail, I receive at least one email or phone call which asks me to do something. These are usually preceded by 'I know it's your day off but...'. If I see/hear the message and I take the view that I need to reply, I do. Otherwise I leave it until Monday. I am being criticised (subtley) for this approach. Apparently, it makes things 'awkward'. Sometimes I don't see/hear the message until then anyway as Friday is, of course, my non-working day.
What do you do? Do you make yourself available regardless or take the view that it is your time?
To give it context, I'm a solicitor (senior but not a partner) working for a top 50 firm outside London.