Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

Aibu not to want to be in work WhatsApp chat

79 replies

Spaghettihair · 14/07/2025 16:10

Our workplace uses Teams, Trello, Outlook, Viva Engage and Yammer. I’m on all these. I often know I’ve been asked to do something and go through my emails/notes, think I’m going mad and later find it in a teams chat etc.

I do not want to be on the work WhatsApp which is ostensibly social but occasionally people send work requests to move a meeting/running late etc. It got started when we all went to an off site and someone said it would help us meet up (why not just use Teams on our phones?)

Ive avoided it for the past year claiming not to use WhatsApp. Gave a colleague my number without thinking to meet for drinks and horrified to now be added. I left and my manager has over the last fortnight asked 3x for me to rejoin so he can share product images/get in touch if we’re off site/it’s easier.

Ive said WhatsApp crashes my phone but I just do not want another fucking comms channel tbh. Teams & 4G covers all he needs, (including endless gif chains) surely? AIBU, what sm I missing with WhatsApp work chat, is this career suicide

OP posts:
LizzieBananas · 14/07/2025 17:07

My work team has two chats: one for personal life stuff (which I’m willingly not on) and a “work” one just for rota and major announcements.

Could you suggest something like that?

FreddysFingers · 14/07/2025 16:52

I wouldn't like this either. Work related requests should come through work related channels, such as Teams or email. As you say, it's hard to keep track of where everything is coming from!

Plus, when you log out for the day, you don't want your phone going off at all times of the evening asking about work related things, that would drive me mad!

YANBU

Original poster
Spaghettihair · 14/07/2025 16:29

No it’s my personal phone. I’ve got teens so I can’t really put it on silent after 5 etc though I suppose I could archive the chat but then what’s the point being in the damn thing anyway…

OP posts:
42isthemeaning · 14/07/2025 16:25

I would hate this - I don’t blame you at all! Is the phone paid for by your work? If not, I think you have a very strong case to refuse to join the group.