Work Facebook chat - too much

[Glitterboobz]

Is this normal in most jobs?

We have a work group chat on Facebook messenger and it's constant. Night time, weekends (the company is only open during the day, week days).

The boss pulls people up for things she's not happy with on the group chat.
Other co-workers have digs and moans on it.
And like I say - it's evenings and weekends.
I have a life outside work so I don't look at the chat constantly. I've stopped looking at it full stop which has been noticed.

But when I leave work for the day, that's it for me until I arrive the next day.

Is this completely ott? Or common nowadays?

No, I have absolutely nothing work-related on my personal phone. I would hate what you are describing!

Im a nurse and we have a ward group chat, for staffing, reminders, posting thanks cards from relatives etc

OTT. You work to live, not live to work. I'd be looking for a new job.

Leave it. Work and home are separate.

We have a work WhatsApp .

no work related messages out of hours .

work messages are usually positive feedback , reminders -

issues with individuals would never be raised on the group .

We have a staff Facebook group for the whole organisation but it's very quiet these days, was more active during covid.

We have a WhatsApp group for our team but it's for emergency stuff really, like the office is closed because of bad weather or there's been a major incident.

We have a WhatsApp group. It's only really used for work purposes. Some people have set hours but others, like me, don't. So there might be the odd message popping up in the evening if someone happens to be working. I was doing some data input earlier this evening and I spotted something that needed mentioning, so I put a message on the chat, but I know that it won't get actioned until tomorrow.

But what OP is describing sounds entirely different and not really something I would be keen on getting involved with. I don't even have a Facebook account.

I'd be blocking them all and saying you've quit Facebook.

This is hugely inappropriate and bad for your mental health.

I have all my Facebook and WhatsApp set up for no notifications at all on my phone. So I have to open the apps to see any messages

Does your work have a social media policy? Because I would imagine this is skating on thin ice.

Ask the boss how often you should be checking it out of working hours. Should you have notifications on and check every few hours? It isn’t reasonable to expect regular comms after work unless you’re on call.

It is not on and not professional to be discussing work on a FB chat - let alone totally impinging on your unpaid personal time. I would post a message in there and say. I don’t want work to take over so much of my none work time. I am focussed on my job and career but will be leaving the group. I am of course contactable by email (during work hours and on my work phone) . I would also screen shot some of the late messages - I think you can archive them and your message - just in case you need to discuss this further with someone.

Thanks everyone. I'll mute the chat and put an end to messages appearing eight hours after I've finished my shift!

How does it work if you don’t have Facebook? I deleted mine 14 years ago and refuse to have one.

I'd just leave all together without a second thought. Do not feel obliged to be part of this group. Even if muted it will probably still bug you when you open your main messenger and see messages pooled there that you haven't opened yet. You shouldn't be subjected to that in your personal time. My company uses Teams and I only have it installed on my work phone which I find both acceptable and useful.

Another reason I have a fake name on Facebook. Nobody knows I'm on there!

Just come out of the group chat. You’re not obliged as an employee to be in one. My boss started this crap with a WhatsApp group which I refused to be part of. She said I could let her know when I’m sick, to fuck roll I as everyone else will know. Totally unprofessional. This boss was all pally pally with everyone and now it’s bit her on the arse and she’s leaving soon. I won’t see her now as I’m finished for the summer and back in September. Glad she’s leaving, I’ve found her to be unprofessional at times and she’s treated me with indifference as I’ve not been pally pally with her. I know my boundaries.

Can you take messenger off your phone and just have it on laptop? Or deactivate your Facebook for a while, say you don't want one anymore. I haven't Had fb since 2019 and am much happier.

No, we have a WhatsApp -it is light enough and very much personal events odd bit of inter county sport ribing.

We also get a couple of programmes recommendations etc. Definitely no work and most have it on mute and dip in and out __

Just mute it or leave the chat!

Not at all normal. Like many places we’ve got a team WhatsApp group but interaction is minimal. Usually things like running late, laptop crashed, internet issues etc and sharing the odd meme.

The level you’re talking about is batshit - I’d mute

A message came through last night - 11.05pm!!!!!

We have a work WhatsApp group, two actually. I refuse to look at them. They are on my home phone. And I resent that.

I hate this modern merge of home and work life.

A Facebook chat would drive me mad, it’s too personal. We have 2 WhatsApp groups a serious work one and a social one for chat but we all have work phones so not connected to our personal mobiles at all. I don’t check my work phone if I’m on holiday from work but do have an evening and morning check if the WhatsApp group when Im working to make sure I don’t miss anything important.

I think my main issue with it is that it's a mixture of important info and absolute nonsense.

The boss calling people out on poor performance which is a ridiculous thing to do on a Facebook chat, as well as information about the job that I need to know.

I don't want to listen to my boss when I have to, let alone when I'm in bed at night!

11.05pm?! Wtf??