Does anyone else feel half their time goes in just replying to people on Slack?

I've been thinking about how we're always connected to work these days. The line between work and personal time seems to be getting blurrier, with our phones constantly buzzing with work notifications. It's becoming a real challenge for many to truly disconnect and maintain a healthy work-life balance. I've personally struggled with this - just last week, I found myself answering work emails at on a Saturday, and it made me realize how much it's affecting my downtime. In an age of constant connectivity, how do you manage work-related communication outside office hours? What boundaries have you or your company set to prevent burnout?

Work from home (WFH) has been really beneficial for me in terms of the flexibility it offers. I can manage my chores better, spend more time with my loved ones, and even travel while working remotely. But lately I have been getting bothered with the expectation to always be available. Gone are the days when one could “log out” in the evening and fully BE PRESENT where they were. These days, I get pings on Slack or WhatsApp messages for the smallest of things on late evenings and even weekends. It’s like work has slowly creeped into quality personal time. I love being present in the moment and this culture does not afford that option.

Do you think keeping or deleting slack off your personal phones gets you to better mental health and wlb? Not only slack but any work related stuffs

It's been almost a month at my new job and among other things, the transition from email to slack for internal conversations has been very very interesting. previously everything had to be on email for it to be considered legit, slack was also there but not an official channel. now it is slack and only slack, personally prefer this.

When working in a *Software Developer Position*, consider 8hrs to be the average hours you work at your company. ▶️how many hours do you actually get to slack off ? #-------Context------ At my current company i usually am occupied for more than 8 hours and i cannot do something like "reading a Blog to enhance my skillset, watch interview prep videos, learn something new or explore another zone of development like a new stack or something". After my working hours i give time to my pet dog, family and a little bit to myself. Is it the same for you or is my service based company sucking the blood out of me?

Starting to feel overwhelmed. Feels like Email is so better

I’m part of one standup where they start discussing in details. I’m like why??? People trying here to flex here by doing in details is this happening to you all?

Recently I've been contracting for a product based company and almost everyone is constantly online regardless of time. Is it the same in product based companies or is this one an outlier? Additional context: the overall company size is around 30-40 employees.

I spend a sad amount of time mindlessly going through Instagram. Want to cut down, and replace with better apps, that actually make my time better spent. Curious which apps you all use that make you feel better after you use them?