These are solid advice. I've also had slack utterly destroy productivity, it is very unfortunate it has become popular. I don't have the slack app anywhere, I

These are solid advice. I've also had slack utterly destroy productivity, it is very unfortunate it has become popular. I don't have the slack app anywhere, I just access it via browser. I don't keep a tab open on it. I'll close the tab when I'm done and only reopen it via bookmark next time I need. I configure it to send me email if anyone mentions me. Of course, need to also make sure email notifications are all off. I'll check email about hourly or between meetings or completed tasks. In the absence of any email notifications from slack, I'll check it only at a few set times during that day. Times vary based on org culture but ideally not more than three times a day (morning, lunch, evening). If these technical solutions work for you, they can work great. But of course the worst part about slack is how it incentivizes this hyper-toxic culture of everyone monitoring chat all day long above all else. If your company culture has fallen into that pit and people get angry at you for not answering every bit of trivia within 30 seconds, I wish I knew of a solution other than quitting.