Colleague texting about work on Boxing Day

[Grandmotherschina]

They do not celebrate Christmas (Muslim)

Received a text message this morning “Dear X, don’t feel you have to respond immediately but I need to know if X/Y/Z have been sorted. Can you also let me know what is happening with A/B/C, thanks Y”

1. I was on annual leave last week so I don’t have any up to date info about the above
2. Colleague has major form for messaging at weekends/evenings etc and expecting a reply
3. It’s Boxing Day ffs

Aibu to message back and say “just because you’ve said I don’t have to respond immediately does not make this ok”!

I would message that back and add on ‘It’s not ok to message when I am on annual leave’. Do not do it again’.

If you're not at work, don't answer it until you are.

And then say you'll need a response from x who was at work last week, but they're not in until Jan 4th/whatever.

Are you getting paid to check messages/emails? If not, I'd respond when I'm back at work!

I would just ignore it.mute her when not atcwork. She will soon get the idea

They are already muted! The messages are still there though when I go to use iMessage.

I haven’t responded and I won’t.

Unless it looks like a matter of life and death, don’t answer. Simple as that.

Who is this colleague, are they covering for you while you're on annual leave? If so did you do a handover with them?

They've said they don't expect you to respond so "2. Colleague has major form for messaging at weekends/evenings etc and expecting a reply" doesn't really apply here.

I would completely ignore it until your back at work.

Is it your personal phone or work phone?

I'd send back exactly what's on my out of office response.

If this is a work phone, turn it off.

If it’s your own phone, when you go back tell your boss it broke.

Don’t respond to contact outside of your working hours unless you are on call.

It's absolutely not right for them to be texting whilst you're off. I passed something, a call to a customer, on to a colleague last time I was off (customer wanted a call on the Wednesday, I was on annual for a week from that day) and my colleague sent a 'just so you know I've called customer, have a great day' text which was lovely of her and needed no action or reply from me. If she'd texted a question I wouldn't have been pleased

Just ignore

I would ignore it entirely. And deal with it once I am back at work.

I am currently on holiday and for the first time I set up an auto response on my work email that said something along the lines of Work is closed now until 4 January and I am on holiday. I will not be checking emails until that date.

I have actually checked email once - and a couple of people have emailed me with utterly irrelevant questions. They have presumably had my auto message bounced at them.

I will answer their irrelevant shit after 4 January.

I'd block their number if they're messaging your personal phone and speak to your manager about this person messaging you while you're off because you're willing to ignore them but the next person might not be.

Hmm, a bit more context needed perhaps. If you are very senior and the "thing" is urgent (unlikely tbh if it could wait until you're back in) then it would be more acceptable than if you're junior and the "thing" is inconsequential.

I'm in the sort of senior role in a 24/7 profession where there's no such thing as switching off from work, so I have to suck this sort of stuff up. But junior members of my team absolutely shouldnt.

If it's a personal phone mute everything from work whilst you're on annual leave. If it's a company phone switch it off.

Is it a text message or an email?

If it’s an email, YABU. They are working and managing their workload. They don’t have to email to suit you.

They are not expecting you to respond.

For me it would depend on whether this was a personal phone or not. If personal I would reply that they have contacted your personal phone during your leave by mistake, to redirect to your work email and you will respond during working hours. This will stop them texting again in future.

If its a work phone turn it off

Personal phone. Text message.

They are clinical, I am operational. Neither of us are working today

Even if it wasn't Boxing Day, it's still a Sunday! You say this person has form – is it your boss? Is there someone above them you can complain to about them hassling you at weekends?

@phishy

Is it a text message or an email?

If it’s an email, YABU. They are working and managing their workload. They don’t have to email to suit you.

They are not expecting you to respond.

Why are you asking if it's an email? Op says texting in the thread title and sàid "sent a text message" in her first sentence. Are you one of those annoying colleagues?

In that case, I think they have been over zealous. Why do they expect you to know the answer when you’ve been off and are still off?

Also not sure the relevance of them being a Muslim? They messaged on a Sunday after you’ve been off for a week, their religion or yours isn’t relevant.

@Grandmotherschina

Personal phone. Text message.

They are clinical, I am operational. Neither of us are working today

Why do they have your personal number? Block them.

@A580Hojas

🙄 Get a grip.