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I guess Slack, Teams and all messaging apps will add a feature to queue up a message to be sent at exactly 9am (or whenever work starts)

by ape4 5y ago

chadlavi 5y ago
Slack already has that
rjzzleep 5y ago
I remember a person responding to slack messages at 2am not because she wanted to but because their boss was pressuring everyone to respond immediately, while telling people that they just make a choice not to respond outside of office hours. If you didn't respond in slack they would follow up with a WhatsApp message. Slack has now integrated message scheduling, but before that there used to be addons to do that. There is a big difference between you choosing to do something and a toxic startup culture where the boss thinks it's part of the grind and shames people when they're not onboard.
screye 5y ago
Man, I can't wait for that to be implemented. So often I want to ask a question to someone, but not disturb them in their off hours. It is not urgent enough to keep them up at night, it is urgent enough to me needing an answer the next morning. Emails have become too formal for most people now, so I don't like sending them unless absolutely necessary. This is especially true for those working across timezones or night owls like me. Now, my ADHD low working memory brain would love to queue these messages and forget about them. Rather than cluttering my todo list ( big no-no) or even worse keeping them in my head for an extra 12 hours. It seems to be trivial to implement and I am honestly surprised it isn't a feature already.
- babyblueblanket 5y ago
  I think slack has an option to send a message at a specific time, at least I've used it.
  - ape4 5y ago
    After work hours it could be the default
    - sokoloff 5y ago
      For a group channel, that’s often undefined. I sure wouldn’t want slack to have access to my calendar or PTO schedule, especially given that I can already manage notifications today.
- themitigating 5y ago
  I was about to quickly type "email" but you did address that. However what about fixing the email problem? A slack message can be an email without modification. There are also template footers if that's what you mean about formal
- tremon 5y ago
  So often I want to ask a question to someone, but not disturb them in their off hours. I just send the message anyway, and I expect it to be read whenever they log back on to work. I would not expect any message, sent during off-hours, to be received immediately by the recipient.
- standardUser 5y ago
  You can schedule a message to be sent the next morning. Much better than just sending it during off hours in cases where it isn't strictly urgent.
kroltan 5y ago
No need to wait, apparently: https://i.imgur.com/gtZ9kO4.png https://i.imgur.com/gtZ9kO4.png
driverdan 5y ago
What do you mean? All you have to do is close Slack / log out of it or turn on DnD. All of your messages will be sitting there waiting for when you open it next time.

I guess Slack, Teams and all messaging apps will add a feature to queue up a message to be sent at exactly 9am (or whenever work starts)

by ape4 5y ago

I guess Slack, Teams and all messaging apps will add a feature to queue up a message to be sent at exactly 9am (or whenever work starts)

chadlavi 5y ago

Slack already has that

rjzzleep 5y ago

I remember a person responding to slack messages at 2am not because she wanted to but because their boss was pressuring everyone to respond immediately, while telling people that they just make a choice not to respond outside of office hours. If you didn't respond in slack they would follow up with a WhatsApp message. Slack has now integrated message scheduling, but before that there used to be addons to do that. There is a big difference between you choosing to do something and a toxic startup culture where the boss thinks it's part of the grind and shames people when they're not onboard.

screye 5y ago

Man, I can't wait for that to be implemented. So often I want to ask a question to someone, but not disturb them in their off hours. It is not urgent enough to keep them up at night, it is urgent enough to me needing an answer the next morning. Emails have become too formal for most people now, so I don't like sending them unless absolutely necessary. This is especially true for those working across timezones or night owls like me. Now, my ADHD low working memory brain would love to queue these messages and forget about them. Rather than cluttering my todo list ( big no-no) or even worse keeping them in my head for an extra 12 hours. It seems to be trivial to implement and I am honestly surprised it isn't a feature already.

babyblueblanket 5y ago
I think slack has an option to send a message at a specific time, at least I've used it.
- ape4 5y ago
  After work hours it could be the default
  - sokoloff 5y ago
    For a group channel, that’s often undefined. I sure wouldn’t want slack to have access to my calendar or PTO schedule, especially given that I can already manage notifications today.
themitigating 5y ago
I was about to quickly type "email" but you did address that. However what about fixing the email problem? A slack message can be an email without modification. There are also template footers if that's what you mean about formal
tremon 5y ago
So often I want to ask a question to someone, but not disturb them in their off hours. I just send the message anyway, and I expect it to be read whenever they log back on to work. I would not expect any message, sent during off-hours, to be received immediately by the recipient.
standardUser 5y ago
You can schedule a message to be sent the next morning. Much better than just sending it during off hours in cases where it isn't strictly urgent.

kroltan 5y ago

No need to wait, apparently: https://i.imgur.com/gtZ9kO4.png https://i.imgur.com/gtZ9kO4.png

driverdan 5y ago

What do you mean? All you have to do is close Slack / log out of it or turn on DnD. All of your messages will be sitting there waiting for when you open it next time.