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Why are you sending non-urgent messages to coworkers at 3AM? That's extremely unprofessional if you are @'ing them or dming them directly.
by tmpz22 6y ago
Why are you sending non-urgent messages to coworkers at 3AM? That's extremely unprofessional if you are @'ing them or dming them directly.
- dbetteridge 6y agoPeople in different time zones exist? I've worked with people in Sydney while being in London and plenty of slack messages were sent that would have been at 3/4am their time. The expectation is they mute slack out of hours (which they do).
- dTal 6y agoThis seems like the natural consequence of abusing a system designed for synchronous chat as an asynchronous coordination platform. It's designed to go "ding" and grab your attention, immediately. For comparison, email doesn't have to be explicitly muted and unmuted at the weekends.
- CogitoCogito 6y agoI work with people in many time zones. We are on do not disturb mode outside work hours. That way I can send Slack messages that are non-urgent and not bother them. And in the extremely unusual case I want them to know, I can override the do not disturb anyway. Isn't this setup basically the Slack default? Regardless, it's extremely easy to setup.
- tmpz22 6y agoAh didn't consider that, which is ironic since I worked across a +11TZ at $lastJob. Thanks for the clarification.
- AdamJacobMuller 6y agoCompletely disagree. Manage your notifications properly. Teams messages at 3AM don't bother me and, as I said, I don't expect a reply immediately and I'm not implicitly or explicitly penalizing people for not answering in a reasonable timeframe.