This seems like an appropriate time to remind everyone that your work email belongs to your boss, not to you. Don't send private emails from your work account.

This seems like an appropriate time to remind everyone that your work email belongs to your boss, not to you. Don't send private emails from your work account. Likewise, your work laptop isn't yours, it's your employers. Don't do personal work on it. My team tested out HipChat, and it's rad, but I had trouble convincing anyone it was worth the cost over terrible Lync, which we already have, despite it's complete lack of stability on the Mac. We're now secretly using Slack, and enjoying it pretty well. The "native" client is also really nice, bringing just enough native experience to a web view.