Working with someone who, no exaggeration, clears her throat every 30 seconds. Sometimes more.
Fuck that, they just shouldn't have your personal number. I wouldn't be able to relax knowing somebody might try to get hold of me at any time about work. I have a work mobile for that, and it's off when it doesn't absolutely have to be.Wholeheartedly agree.
I told my manager I'm not comfortable with this and they said: "I'll make sure no one texts on weekends"...It's not just about weekends. No co-worker aside from my manager should have my phone number. It's still a "no" for me. This whole WhatsApp group is a can of worms waiting to be opened.
At least, your company at least provides work mobiles. Ours doesn't and now I'm expected to provide my personal number. Absolutely not. If we had a work mobile, sure but me giving out my personal number to people like that, not happening.Fuck that, they just shouldn't have your personal number. I wouldn't be able to relax knowing somebody might try to get hold of me at any time about work. I have a work mobile for that, and it's off when it doesn't absolutely have to be.
My work don't provide phones and all the teams have WhatsApp groups.Work WhatsApp groups.
I'm sorry, but a big NO. If you work an office-based job, you do not need a work WhatsApp group. If you are sick, then you should be able to contact your manager via text (or WhatsApp) but you do not need to have the whole team in a group. The manager sold it was "we need the group in case of urgent matters outside of business hours".
Well, "outside of business hours" is the key word here. My time outside of business hours does not belong to the company.
I've had someone repeatedly text me at 11pm on Saturday trying to "flirt" after he pulled my phone number from a work WhatsApp group. Absolutely not doing this again.
I told the manager I'm not comfortable with this - not to mention, WhatsApp groups go against company policy. I need to set boundaries, they already work me to the bone and want to be able to reach me outside of business hours. Where does it stop?
I think you’re in another country, so this probably won’t apply, but in the UK, sickness records count as sensitive personal data under the DPA. It’s not appropriate for anybody but your manager to know why you’re off sick or even that you are. If somebody from my team calls in sick, I just let the others know that “Richard won’t be in today” or whatever. There’s no world in which it makes sense for you to have to let your whole team know that you’re off sick.Exactly. There are far too many streams of communication at work without having to add WhatsApp on top of this.
The manager added they also need this group for notifications in case someone is sick. If someone is sick, they just have to text the manager, not the whole team. Then the manager can circulate the information once we're all logged in in the morning. It's a really weak excuse in my book.
Thank you.@TheGlossy could you raise GDPR concerns and you are not consenting to everyone in that WhatsApp group chatting having your personal mobile number?
That's what most of my jobs have been like. I don't mind, spend enough time at work and I think it's better to make friends with people you have to interact with so much. Well most of them at least.My work don't provide phones and all the teams have WhatsApp groups.
Some of the teams are very sociable and message a lot as they are all "friends" my team message about once a fortnight mainly just "my laptop is doing an update, I'll be online asap" or "my Internet just died" etc.
Thankfully none of my team want to be friends
I would quietly go about finding another job. This sounds like a classic bullying tactic but is hard to prove sadly. Life is too short to be unhappy day in and day out. Your poor friendThank you for the shiny new thread, @Hope96 !
I used to work in a place where meetings were banned on Fridays which, in essence, was quite a good idea as it gave everyone a decent chance to get stuff done ... but there were no exceptions for crisis meetings or anything of the sort, which was silly.
In the same place, our manager encouraged us to get up off our seats and go and talk to people - rather than emailing them - of course that's all fine and dandy in an ordinary world, but when you're dealing with people who'll say they'll do something only to later deny they ever agreed to it ... well, let's just say emails are handy to have in case evidence is needed!
A friend has just returned to her job from maternity leave and is having a hell of a time. Her workplace decided that they liked the contractor filling her role while she was off, better than her, so created a new position for this person that sits alongside my friend's role. The contractor makes little comments under her breath constantly while my friend is on the phone to people (they sit next to each other), and is holding back on giving my friend information during handover sessions (this other person denies that is happening). My friend has returned to work on reduced hours to start off with (leaving mid-afternoon everyday), which the contractor has been using to her advantage by "finishing off" things she says my friend failed to do (she's very vocal about that to all the right people), and organising team get-togethers (dinners, drinks, etc.), where she tells them all that my friend's head isn't in it. I've suggested my friend find another job STAT! My friend is well-liked and used to get on fabulously with everyone in the team, but when she went on maternity leave only a couple bothered to keep in contact, and have stayed friendly - everyone else has iced her out. These two said to her before she returned that they won't pick sides, which was the first time she sensed there was even any drama there! Hideous.
Yeh we all get on well enough and have a few in jokes etc.That's what most of my jobs have been like. I don't mind, spend enough time at work and I think it's better to make friends with people you have to interact with so much. Well most of them at least.
No chance I'm answering any work related stuff out of hours though
I'm in Ireland too.As far as I know in Ireland employers can’t ask why you’re sick, people generally volunteer the information though. I would in my hole be sending a group message about being sick and then having to put up with the fake ‘omg if you need anything let me know’ messages. Go get stuffed.
Until and unless the requirement to report absence into a WhatsApp group is part of official policies and procedures they can shag off.
Thankfully we have legislation coming in about the right to disconnect which is going to prove very interesting for companies operating like this.
Once joined everyone will have the numberCan you just leave the chat?
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