To expect my colleague to take a message when I'm on a personal call

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So I'm going through a lot at the moment and I have to admit have taken a few personal calls at work recently.

Am I being unreasonable to expect my collegues not to put calls through to me when I'm on my mobile? I got a right dirty look off one the other day and he decided to transfer it to me anyway.

I think your colleagues are dropping you a heavy hint.

If your supervisor knows your circumstances and allows you use your mobile for that reason YANBU. Colleagues need to know this also.

Only if you have explained the situation and it's been agreed that you don't take work calls when you're on your mobile.

Reverse.

I move away from my desk if I need to take a personal call

Maybe leave the room if you are on a personal call?

Got to be a reverse.

Do you really just sit at your desk taking personal calls? Why wouldn’t you just move away?

Depends what the calls are for and how often you are doing it.

I would never sit at my desk to take a personal call, move somewhere else.

Not if you are taking a lot of calls, no.

Take them in your breaks. You're there to work. As a manager, I'd be wanting to know what we could do to support you, but you wouldn't be allowed to take personal calls during work times unless in an emergency.

Of course YABU. You're paid to take work calls during the period when you're at work. Your colleagues have their own work to do.

Shouldn't be taking personal calls at work end of! Work and home life should always be separate.
Sorry, but that's the way it is.

YABU. Your colleague gave you a hint. You shoukd listen.

I have had an ill family recently. They unfortunatly died.

My boss knew I would be taking calls. Took the calls away from my desk.

Easy.

posting on a monday morning I think there's only one way this thread is going to go OP. IMO unless there's an emergency or you've got a family member ill in hospital, and are speaking to the ward staff/school have called out of the blue about your child, if you're being paid to work, then it's reasonable for you to be expected to prioritise work calls over personal calls

Take your work phone off the hook. So if anyone tries to transfer a call to you it won't go through, and they'll have to take a message.

Yes because you are supposed to be working. If you need to take a personal call, leave your desk and do it and make sure you tell the person in charge what your circumstances are.

I don’t mind my staff taking personal calls from, they are adults and they work hard, and due to the nature of our work can’t rely on schedules breaks. But anyone who takes/makes a personal call moves away from the office to do so (unless the call is going to last a matter of seconds).

Well it would depend on what.

Yet another saga in your turbulous love life - no, I'd put the call through and expect you to take it

Call fron the care home about an ill parent, I'd politely take a message and say you'd call back but I would expect you to go somewhere else, keep it short as possible and be appreciative if it's happening frequently

Thanks I'll take this on board - yes I have been getting a few personal calls but for good reasons that I don't want to go into here. Just thought it was pretty mean transferring knowing I was on a call. But I take the points

It really depends on your working environment and whether or not in general this would be frowned upon. Where I worked previously it was common practice to take personal calls during worktime and generally speaking it would be at your desk. If somebody called your work phone either they would leave a message on your voicemail or the receptionist would take a message. It doesn't sound like you work in that sort of environment though so I do think YABU. Do you have voicemail on your work phone? Can't the person calling just leave a message there instead of with your colleague?

If there's a good reason, you need to explain to colleagues. Are they aware?