“I understand that this would be not possible in most channels, but I can see discord and slack be a possibility (Where sessions could live as a separate channels), I would love to do it as WhatsApp community, but that is not an option at all I guess.”
“Set a “focus mode” / customized “do not disturb” mode (you can def do this on iPhones but probably other phones too) that specifically blocks notifications from slack. You can call it “personal time” or whatever.”
“Slack, Microsoft Teams, and corporate email have retention policies that keep everything for years. Legal holds during litigation preserve messages indefinitely.”
“It’s aggressively talking about what you’re going to do in Slack channels, demoing basic features to non technical managers, and making sure leadership sees your name attached”
“Honestly this is so real Slack notifications can make you feel busy all day without actually getting anything important done. Checking it at certain times sounds way better than letting every notification interrupt you.”
“this is pretty cool. i don’t WANT slack to be the central place I work, but it is that de facto in many orgs so integrations like this make so much sense”
“Shut the notifications off, even
And if your team member asks why you didn't reply, just say "oh, sorry, I actually don't look at Slack once I'm done with work for the day, so I just saw your message now"”
“You’re literally already using slack/teams/gchat if you text each other in a different wrapper, and the fact that you’re okay letting company info be disseminated in this manner speaks volumes about your awareness of security and privacy. I’m willing to bet you’ve texted private customer data back and forth before….”
“As someone who frequently works offline, just to get through projects without the constant barrage of email notifications I feel like this would destroy my workflow. I need peace and quiet to be able to be productive.”
“My boss sent me a text once saying “hey I just sent an update for a training everyone needs to do in slack please read that thoroughly and like the message so I know everyone is up to date””
“I also found that being too available on slack/teams meant that it only takes anyone 5 seconds to grab 15 minutes of your time, which was not a trade I was willing to make.”
“When I used Slack in previous roles I would have dedicated times that I would be on there, however most times communication happened directly in zoom meetings.”
“I keep Slack closed when I’m working on something that needs actual focus. If I leave it sitting there with notifications popping up, I am gonna check it sooner or later”
“I started putting Slack check times on my Google Calendar. Sounds kinda stupid but having it written down stops me from checking it every few minutes.”
“I started checking Slack at set times instead of every time something popped up. Still miss a few messages here and there, but I get a lot more done when I am not jumping back into Slack every 5 mins.”
“slack is sticky because it is already where work happens, but its permissions are pretty coarse so you need your own audit or the ambient agent feels untrusted.”
“There’s an obvious downside though: Slack already sits inside a huge number of company workflows. A new workspace has to be significantly better to justify moving any of that collaboration elsewhere.”