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Also, make sure that this "expectation" to respond to pings immediately isn't in your head. I work at Automattic and I usually respond within 15 minutes, but so

by artpi 10y ago

Also, make sure that this "expectation" to respond to pings immediately isn't in your head. I work at Automattic and I usually respond within 15 minutes, but sometimes up to an hour or 5 hours. For remote to make sense, you have to embrace the asynchronous communication as well.

mercer 10y ago
That's a very important point. I have a number of friends who pull out their phones the moment it pings them, and nine out of ten times it's not important. And, usually, the tenth time where they say 'I have to answer this call/message' it's not in the least time-sensitive enough that they can't wait 10-15 minutes. I'm still not sure how to deal with this, because everyone does it so I'm the weird one for finding it rude and disruptive to the conversation. The only thing I've come up with is to politely ask the people I interact with regularly and the people close to me to not check their phone during a conversation we're having. (interestingly enough this usually sparks a conversation where they also express a dislike of constant interruption...)