You are not alone. I also hate slack... It encourages a shallow form of communication and throw over the fence thinking. As it has been studied: "the medium is

You are not alone. I also hate slack... It encourages a shallow form of communication and throw over the fence thinking. As it has been studied: "the medium is the message." And slack is bad medium for deep work and conversation. Is like an open office floor were 500 people is taking at the same time, and you are supposed to react when someone screams your name. What I want is an office with a door I can close but if I cannot get that I would settle for cubicle with a sense of privacy. So that is email. I'm seriously considering to get a virtual assistant whose job would be to read my slack messages, emails, jira , Trello notifications and put everything in a single funnel. If you find a solution that works for you please share it.