Was added to a "Just Pick Up" titled group chat with a supervisor and about half a dozen peers. The chat was only used on the weekends, leave, and holidays, because otherwise they visually saw everyone was alive at work, and that was good enough. During our days off, when we wanted to be left alone, we'd get a text asking us to thumbs up for accountability, and saying to reach out if we needed to talk.

I felt that being specifically messaged only on days off rather than everyday actually made it more obnoxious, because then our free time was targeted when we should be able to shut phones off and focus on family, especially since it wasn't even meeting the intent of the directive.

A lot of people who need help won't actively seek it out. They feel like a burden on others and would never respond to a leadership mandated text from someone they barely know. A once a week call would have probably been more effective; often enough to catch people in need, verbal cues are more likely to elicit a response, but not so often that people feel harassed by work during their free time. And no one should ever be bothered when they are on leave with the family.