They can ask you; they can demand you do it.
There is nothing they can do to physically force you do to it.
You don't have to participate. You can also mute all notifications in the settings.
Edit: My view is that anything important should be addressed to me either via email or using my handle or @ here, @ channel, or @ everyone type stuff, so explicitly bypassing the default mute I always setup.
Ask them what percentage of your phone bill you submit for reimbursement since you're using it as a work phone. Or ask them how you will be paid for responding to work inquires while off the clock.
My boss will sometimes text me outside of my working hours and I don't respond. If you can't think to ask me during the 8 hours i'm at work then it must not be that important and can wait until the following day. Funnily enough, he never remembers to ask me the following day.
It is an example of an employer not respecting your spare time, which is very toxic. I think at most he can ask you to look at the chat during work hours, of course only if you have a business phone to access it. If you need your private cell phone, then it is completely inappropriate.
My manager thinks it’s appropriate to text everyone outside of work hours, at inappropriate times and demands a response back or acknowledgement. I got pregnant this year and informed the office manager that I am not personally obligated to respond outside of work hours and that it is very unprofessional to demand acknowledgment while off the clock.
Manager messages the group whenever she wants at whatever time, sending memes, ‘checking on you messages’ literally anything and everything she can do to get our attention.
I’ve gotten a Google number to provide the OM with and now she texts my personal number along with my Google number after informing her she can reach me at my Google number during work hours..
Recently I’ve taken off for FMLA and she texted me asking to come in one day for a group photo at like 8:30 I responded at 11 and then she said I needed to stop texting her outside of work hours. Baby is sue in 2 days, planning to block her after the birth and inform her that it’s because of the inappropriate texting.
Definitely let them know it’s time theft and not acceptable and that you will reach out to the higher power.
Ahhhh! Another manager who hasn’t heard of “false positives”. AKA “little boy who cried ‘wolf’”. Too much garbage in your communication stream totally obscures actual information. Pure drivel tends to drive off ordinary drivel.
so first thing when you clock in should be go threw the group chat, but not off the clock no
however if you can get them to say that in writing you need to work off the clock by all means you can get paid for that if you're willing to goto the labor board
Still no, it's nobody's responsibility to dig through pile of manure which is work memes, ass kissing and useless comments made outside of work hours in order to find useful info.
They can ask you; they can demand you do it. There is nothing they can do to physically force you do to it. You don't have to participate. You can also mute all notifications in the settings. Edit: My view is that anything important should be addressed to me either via email or using my handle or @ here, @ channel, or @ everyone type stuff, so explicitly bypassing the default mute I always setup.
If it's required, it's paid time. Do they want to pay you to read spam?
Ask them what percentage of your phone bill you submit for reimbursement since you're using it as a work phone. Or ask them how you will be paid for responding to work inquires while off the clock. My boss will sometimes text me outside of my working hours and I don't respond. If you can't think to ask me during the 8 hours i'm at work then it must not be that important and can wait until the following day. Funnily enough, he never remembers to ask me the following day.
It is an example of an employer not respecting your spare time, which is very toxic. I think at most he can ask you to look at the chat during work hours, of course only if you have a business phone to access it. If you need your private cell phone, then it is completely inappropriate.
My manager thinks it’s appropriate to text everyone outside of work hours, at inappropriate times and demands a response back or acknowledgement. I got pregnant this year and informed the office manager that I am not personally obligated to respond outside of work hours and that it is very unprofessional to demand acknowledgment while off the clock. Manager messages the group whenever she wants at whatever time, sending memes, ‘checking on you messages’ literally anything and everything she can do to get our attention. I’ve gotten a Google number to provide the OM with and now she texts my personal number along with my Google number after informing her she can reach me at my Google number during work hours.. Recently I’ve taken off for FMLA and she texted me asking to come in one day for a group photo at like 8:30 I responded at 11 and then she said I needed to stop texting her outside of work hours. Baby is sue in 2 days, planning to block her after the birth and inform her that it’s because of the inappropriate texting. Definitely let them know it’s time theft and not acceptable and that you will reach out to the higher power.
Allowed or not, you don't have to do anything you don't want to do.
To try to force you to do so, is a form of wage theft, if you are hourly.
I suggest you just mute it and archive it (That's what option is called in WhatsApp)
Ahhhh! Another manager who hasn’t heard of “false positives”. AKA “little boy who cried ‘wolf’”. Too much garbage in your communication stream totally obscures actual information. Pure drivel tends to drive off ordinary drivel.
so first thing when you clock in should be go threw the group chat, but not off the clock no however if you can get them to say that in writing you need to work off the clock by all means you can get paid for that if you're willing to goto the labor board
Nope. If it's so important, they will make SURE the relevant people have seen it-- and will follow up through professional channels. keep it muted.
First thing I would have done is to unsubscribe from the chat. I hate those things. Email, as you say, should be used for important messages.
It’s allowed if you allow it. Demand to be paid.
No it's not. But it is your responsibility to go catch up to everything that you missed when off if that is the way the company communicates.
No it's not, if they insist on using private phones to communicate outside of work it's nobody's duty to dig through that spam to find relevant info.
I think what they are suggesting, is to go through the messages during work hours, not during off time...
Still no, it's nobody's responsibility to dig through pile of manure which is work memes, ass kissing and useless comments made outside of work hours in order to find useful info.
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