> We expect co-workers to get back to us right away so that WE are no longer blocked. Perhaps you do, but I and some of the people I’ve had the pleasure to wor

> We expect co-workers to get back to us right away so that WE are no longer blocked. Perhaps you do, but I and some of the people I’ve had the pleasure to work with do not. Personally, I’ve almost always worked asynchronously. If I have a question, I send it on the proper Slack channel and either keep going on what I was doing if isn’t blocking, or do something else when it is. Tasks are usually large enough for that. Regarding Slack interruptions, all my notifications aside from a handful of phone numbers are disabled. Things rarely are urgent, and can usually wait an hour or even until the next break.