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Bowing out of the works WhatsApp group gracefully. What do I say?

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Itwillendhere · 10/10/2023 07:22

Hi, please can anybody help me with this?

I left work a year ago due to burnout and stress. The amount of changes that occurred in the space of a few months became too much and I had to go.
Until then, I was good at my job and I loved it and the people I worked with.

By the time I left, I was not who I was, my work suffered, and I found it took a lot of energy to get out of bed in the morning.

I kept in touch with my colleagues during the year, but when we met up, I felt out on a limb and still not myself. I felt ignored as I can’t join in work chit chat now due to not being there, so I think it might be best to move on.

I’m on the works WhatsApp group and want to leave it, but I can’t just leave without an explanation.

I spent so many years with them and I feel sad it’s come to this, but what do I say? I can’t just leave the group without saying anything as that would be rude.

OP posts:
Aquamarine1029 · 10/10/2023 09:38

I say this gently, but no one will care if you leave the group. Just leave and be done with it.

Prettypaisleyslippers · 10/10/2023 09:42

Just mute it and don’t participate. It will move down your conversation lists and you can forget about it.

SplendidUtterly · 10/10/2023 10:04

Leave before you get removed.

SauceCat · 10/10/2023 10:09

Is it a social group or an official work one? Our line manage removes people the instant they leave the building on the last day.
I'd keep individual contact details of people I wanted to keep in touch with, and just quietly leave the group.

pastypirate · 10/10/2023 10:14

Just leave and don't overthink it. I no longer do work groups on my personal phone after burnout number 3. No way x

hotcandle · 10/10/2023 10:16

WhatsApp doesn't announce you've left anymore so you can just leave and nobody will know.

Dogfureverywhere · 10/10/2023 10:24

Just Archive the work whatsapp thread

Cola2023 · 10/10/2023 12:25

You're overthinking this.

For security, the manager should have removed you when the job ended too.

Bearcub101 · 10/10/2023 15:52

Just leave. Honestly no one will care.

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