Treating email or slack or any other not explicitly sync channel as sync is often a self-inflicted wound. I think management is sometimes guilty of pushing this

Treating email or slack or any other not explicitly sync channel as sync is often a self-inflicted wound. I think management is sometimes guilty of pushing this, but it is usually an employee who runs with some self-imposed requirement of "I must be checking email on weekends" or some such and drives himself into a "sync hell". And entrenches the misconception. Good management has no desire to burn out their employees for some nervous and useless message checks instead of a good rest. My 2c.