Yes, I have occasionally missed out on things as I don't use Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.
However...
I find that instant messaging enables and promotes poor organisational skills in colleagues. Rather than processing tasks in a timely and professional manner, they have a safety net of being able to send a group message at 23:30 the night before a meeting the next day. I also find that instead of a well planned, concise email, these people will spam colleagues with a string of brain-fart messages until, 60 minutes later, a consensus is reached.
Funnily enough, when there is no option for this, people never have a problem contacting me in a professional way.
Yes, I have occasionally missed out on things as I don't use Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.
However...
I find that instant messaging enables and promotes poor organisational skills in colleagues. Rather than processing tasks in a timely and professional manner, they have a safety net of being able to send a group message at 23:30 the night before a meeting the next day. I also find that instead of a well planned, concise email, these people will spam colleagues with a string of brain-fart messages until, 60 minutes later, a consensus is reached.
Funnily enough, when there is no option for this, people never have a problem contacting me in a professional way.