• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Really? You can keep Slack up in the background and appear “online” all day. Get the app on your phone, and you don’t even have to be at your desk to be “available.” I’ve had Slack conversations while walking around at the local park. It’s really no big deal.

    If they expect you to be available for huddles at the drop of a hat, that’s just unreasonable. But as long as responding to a chat within an hour or two is acceptable, WFH is fantastic.

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      2 months ago

      I respond to Slack messages by end of day. If someone has something urgent they will call me (on the work number, of course).

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        2 months ago

        At my org, we don’t have phone numbers for each other. If it’s urgent, just keep pinging them on Slack until they respond, and ping multiple people who can potentially help. It’s incredibly rare that you’ll ever need a specific individual on an urgent basis, almost everything can wait until tomorrow morning, and even emergencies can be handled by more than one person.