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”!

You could ignore and block,
but I would send a message saying "Hi. This is my personal phone and not to be used for work matters. I'm on leave until X ."

It does say they don't expect a response. Are they working? If so maybe they just needed to send the text so that they can tick it off and then you can respond when you're ready?

so disrespectful!

@mm40

A slightly different point of view but I work strange hours and i email people when things come to mind - this doesn’t mean that I expect responses in the middle of the night or on Christmas Day etc. It is just that I then know that I have asked the question/responded to other peoples questions and they can deal with the questions/responses when they are next back at work.

This is really poor form, @mm40

I run a company - I expect my management to stick to emailing within work norms (with the exception of go lives / known events when staff are anticipating short notice / out of hour response times).

There is a 'delay send' option on emails. Create your messages at your own convenience then set them up to send during typical working periods.

@steelrose

I would respond "I am on annual leave until (xx date) and will respond to your query when I return. Please do no respond to this message."

I’d send this.

Don't respond OP, I would take it up with HR. They should not be messaging you either when you are on Al or when it is a public holiday, as it is today.

Why do they have your personal number? Are you friends / friendly or do they have it for work reasons?

What’s the problem? Just ignore it.

Religion is irrelevant so rude of you to mention that.

Culture in some workplaces is to text and in some others is that it is bad form. You're being unnecessarily snarky. You can just put a boundary politely if you need to.

@R0tational of course the religion is important in this context because op was explaining why they don't celebrate Christmas which may sway if they are right or wrong to message on boxing day.

Is this a friend or a colleague? Is it the done thing to give colleagues our private phone numbers now?

It was in the context for you to mention religion.

Personally I find it very disrespectful of them to do that. For all manner of reasons.

I would ignore and then follow it up with HR when I returned to work.

One hundred percent.

Not everyone who celebrates Christmas is Christian

YABU
In my place of work we send and receive messages all weekend and evenings.
We do it as we don’t usually have time during our working day and it’s easier to send it when it’s on our mind than wait and forget.

You don’t need to read or respond.

@BoredZelda

What’s the problem? Just ignore it.

Out of interest; if you got a text now from your manager, on your personal phone, saying something like, 'no rush but can you remember if you logged those returns with HMRC because they say you haven't'..would you ignore and not give it a second thought?

I would say you would be in the minority.

And THIS is why I have a separate mobile phone for work. And it stays OFF when I am on holiday/on leave. It is currently off til 9am on January 4th 2022. I have a separate email address for work too. No WAY is anyone from work contacting me when I am on leave.

@Grandmotherschina YANBU. I would block them if it was me!

I often work at odd hours and use the delay send feature so that my emails land at the beginning of a working day rather than - say - 6.30am on a Saturday/bank holiday etc Could you ask your colleague to do the same?

@WonderfulYou

YABU In my place of work we send and receive messages all weekend and evenings. We do it as we don’t usually have time during our working day and it’s easier to send it when it’s on our mind than wait and forget.

You don’t need to read or respond.

You'd be BLOCKED on my phone if you did that to me.

I have colleagues who work flexible/compressed hour who send mails outside normal working hours with a footer saying 'these are my working hours not yours please respond during your normal working hours' that I think is acceptable

Texting a work phone when someone is on holiday is bad form let alone a personal one. Sorry they’ve taken up your head space whilst you are on holiday.

Please try to to ignore them until you are back in the office to send a reply. If you respond now you are likely to get more texts

@R0tational

Religion is irrelevant so rude of you to mention that.

Culture in some workplaces is to text and in some others is that it is bad form. You're being unnecessarily snarky. You can just put a boundary politely if you need to.

There's always one...........

@WonderfulYou

YABU In my place of work we send and receive messages all weekend and evenings. We do it as we don’t usually have time during our working day and it’s easier to send it when it’s on our mind than wait and forget.

You don’t need to read or respond.

I'd block you and I'd report you to HR if you worked with me.

[quote phishy]@A580Hojas

🙄 Get a grip.[/quote]
You, and many others on this thread, need to get a grip of your comprehension / reading skills.

It’s text messages, NOT emails. To a PERSONAL phone, not work phone. I’m not sure why they have your number OP but it does cross a line. I would reply asking them to email you any work related queries and you will respond on your return to work, and not to text your personal number again.

@SmallPrawnEnergy

I’ve already responded to OP on the basis that it was a message so mind your own business.

Why do you and @A580Hojas keep picking on me given a dozen people made the same mistake?

You’re starting to look like a bully so STOP IT.

@Landof People of all faiths and no faiths celebrate / mark Christmas or the festive season so I don't think it is important. I think its enough to say its a Bank Hol / Boxing Day is enough context for brits without needing to add " theyre a foreigner " overtones so "they wouldnt understand the sanctity of our special Christian Boxing Day".

I wouldn't answer that unless I was working to be honest