This advice may be the “right thing” to do by the team but may not be legally sound, depending on the OP’s contract with their employer. In fact it may not be

This advice may be the “right thing” to do by the team but may not be legally sound, depending on the OP’s contract with their employer. In fact it may not be legally sound even in the absence of a contract, depending on how a court interprets the implicit obligations between employer and employee. (I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, of course. Just consult one before doing anything like this.)