NEED TO KNOW A woman was “horrified” when she was unexpectedly added to her workplace’s WhatsApp group In a Mumsnet post, she revealed her office already uses five other communication platforms The woman shared her story on a community forum, where the vast majority of people said she had every right to be irked A woman is “horrified” after being added to yet another office group chat, but worries that refusing to stay will be “career suicide.” In a post on Mumsnet’s Am I Being Unreasonable?” forum, the woman explained that her office uses multiple communication platforms, including “Teams, Trello, Outlook, Viva Engage and Yammer.” “I often know I’ve been asked to do something and go through my emails/notes, think I’m going crazy, and later find it in a Teams chat, etc.,” she said. She went on to explain that a number of her coworkers created a WhatsApp group that was designed to be used for outside-of-work socializing, but it has started to occasionally be used for “work requests,” like rescheduling meetings. Woman checking her phone (stock image). Getty Images While the original poster (OP) said she has “avoided” joining the WhatsApp group for the past year, she was recently
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