I work in a very small team in a very large organisation. There is me, another woman a few years younger than me, and our manager. The other woman is new to the organisation (and to work - she's a recent graduate), I have been in the organisation for about 6 years but this is a new team.
I have been off work with stress this week. This is very unusual for me, and I've made it very clear to my manager and the other team member (let's call her Jane) that it is not work related stress but personal. My manager has been fantastic, I cannot fault him in the slightest.
When at work, me and Jane message a lot - mostly work related but also some general chit chat. Since I've been off she is messaging me constantly on whatsapp. Just the usual "Oh not got a lot on today. Oh X and Y are off for a meeting, wonder what that's about? Oh this call is sooooo boring".
It's constant. Probably about 20 messages a day. At first I politely responded but I've been ignoring them now. As I said she is new to the workforce so maybe doesn't realise that it's perhaps not appropriate to be constantly messaging someone who is off work because of stress, beyond a "hope all is ok" type message.
I don't want to say anything to my manager and I will probably be back next week anyway so I won't take any action, but AIBU to expect to be left alone? She means well, so maybe my expectations are off.