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One thing I have not seen mentioned here is the “slack status”. I find that it has a subtle stress inducing effect: * if it’s green are people expecting me to
by d4rkp4ttern 5y ago
One thing I have not seen mentioned here is the “slack status”. I find that it has a subtle stress inducing effect:
* if it’s green are people expecting me to reply right away? And if I don’t respond do they feel anxious?
* do employees feel pressure to keep it green to show they are working?
I told my team that I will keep my status to AWAY always, and they can feel free to do the same. Just because slack provides a surveillance method doesn’t mean you have to use it. This also reduces expectations of immediate replies and keeps it more async
- nerdponx 5y agoI am fully remote at my current job, and I actually rely on the Slack status to indicate whether I am "in the office" or not, because obviously my physical presence is not a useful indicator of my availability. But you are right, it also sets an expectation that messages can only be asynchronous up to a point. Maybe this is one downside to remote work: there is no way to distinguish between "performatively demonstrating that I am actually working" and "currently available for active discussion". I have noticed that some people actually schedule "heads down" time on their calendar and set their Slack status accordingly. I could try that and see if people respect it.
- folmar 5y agoThe problem is that they have too few. The one I miss the most is "free for chat", but it'd be also nice to copy Teams with separate Busy and Do not disturb.