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Just got back from paternity leave and feeling like a ghost at the office
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Finn M.Regular
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8 weeks off and I feel like I've been completely forgotten. My projects got reassigned, nobody really briefed me on what happened while I was gone, and my boss seems to expect me to just jump back in like I never left. Anybody else deal with this? How did you handle the guilt of not being caught up right away? My wife keeps telling me to not stress but the emails alone are overwhelming.
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I felt this in my bones. Eight weeks and it's like you never left but also like everything changed? I came back from paternity leave and had to basically reintroduce myself to my own team.
That's rough, man. Did you try scheduling some one-on-ones with your manager and key people on your projects? Sometimes you gotta remind them you're back and ready to contribute again. The workplace shouldn't make you feel like a ghost.