[kstrauser]

I check it on my own time, but for my own personal curiosity. “I wonder how that team’s dealing with such and such”, that sort of thing. And my job’s inherently on-call 24/7; if something goes badly, I’ll get notified even if I’m not the primary responder, but that’s so rare that I never consider that when making plans.

I’m perfectly content turning my phone off to go camping or whatever. I also don’t feel bad seeing what my coworkers are up to when I’m out of office.

[ghaff]

A lot of people are very binary. Yes, I'd internally grumble a bit if a business trip cut into a weekend for travel. I'd also sometimes check email over a weekend or PTO and resolve something if I could quickly. But I certainly didn't go into the office over weekends (or, indeed, latterly at all). And I never took time off for a doctor's appointment or other personal matters taking less than a full day.

And, to your point, if I did take PTO for vacation, the degree to which I'd be contactable or not was never a factor.