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I also found this to be the biggest clue from OP's post, not Slack specifically. You did a great job explaining why therapy could be a good answer, since what t
by joenot443 4y ago
I also found this to be the biggest clue from OP's post, not Slack specifically. You did a great job explaining why therapy could be a good answer, since what they're experiencing definitely isn't something one need always live with.
I've observed others have difficulty adjusting to WFH for the same reason; they have a hard time assuming the best intentions of their coworkers when only ever dealing with them asynchronously. Therapy, or at least mentally acknowledging where the disconnect is, could make a huge difference I think.
- smcg 4y agowhen you inevitably experience something like axed over zoom with no warning and good reviews you start to distrust intentions.
- theGnuMe 4y agoReflecting on my other comment, the therapy angle I would explore is the anxiety created from a fear of failure due to not responding to all of the messages. One way to test this is to just not respond to a slack message for say 5mins, then 10mins, then an hour, then say half a day and then a day. You will train the folks to ping you less and you will learn that nobody cares if you respond. And the benefit will be that you trained them to go elsewhere. If anyone asks, say you were focused on a specific task (which you probably are) and muted slack or something. Remember your job is to produce dev stuff and not mediate slack or serve as an information conduit for folks. Those interactions should take place in a meeting. Most likely your anxiety will increase at each interval but then dissipate when no negative consequences arrive. You then increase your tolerance and so forth.