I 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 pres

I 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.