It's WhatsApp in my case, we have Slack mails and in built chat system too. 
 Fucks productivity

Consultant

Computer Operator

no time to deep work. too frequent interruptions

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

Product Manager

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

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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?

Slack won't let me Slack: How to unplug when your boss is just one ping away?

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.

Working From Home wins and woes

Director Product

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

Slack and work apps on personal devices

Software Developer

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.

Gmail vs slack

Product Marketing Manager

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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?

Breakdown of your office hours🕰️

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Starting to feel overwhelmed. Feels like Email is so better

How do you deal with so many notifications? Especially Slack

Software Engineer

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?

Standups are meant to be short

Analyst

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.

Are you available on Slack/Teams after 8 or 9?

Frontend Engineer

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?

Which app/website do you regularly go to, that makes you feel your time was well spent?

Spending a lot of time on Grapevine now (grapes got me addicted)
It is well until the addiction takes over,

Social media can never make you feel better, they are designed to lure you into unproductive expensive experiences

What are so many people sitting at coffee shops like Starbucks and Third Wave actually doing on their laptops all day?

Coffe shop MacBook people

Never overwork, you lose your piece of mind, sleep, and health gets ruined.

It's only Indians who expect to be avilable in both IST during the day and attend US calls with full attention from 6-9pm. Paid peanuts for serving two timezones. The burnout is so real that even if you logout, the mind doesn't logout quick

Calling out APMs

I get a lot of work and sometimes I forget about everything else.

Does anyone relate to this while working everyday?

Since I work remotely, I get a lots of dms asking for *quick calls*.
Every time I see a message, I get slightly panicked. Is it normal?
How do you guys deal with it?

🎧"Quick Calls" draining energy?

This was posted on a subreddit. Thoughts?

Database Administrator

I work in remote mode full time, occasionally visit the office, once in 3 months. My office is located in a different city from where I live in.

The work I do is challenging and interesting, but I manage to complete my tasks by working for max 4-5 hours a day. Remaining time of the day, I get distracted, not with household duties but by doing research on random stuff. I want start a company, but I have no idea where to start. I consume a lot of information, yet most of the time I spend goes unproductive. By nature, I am very unorganized. 

Most of my friends are busy in their own world and I don’t want to disturb them seeking advice.

Any idea how I can get over this habit to make productive use of my time, while WFH?

Distracted with WFH setup. Seeking ideas to be more productive.

Software Architect

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Lately I have been going to office often and every time I try to focus and work, some or the other person is on a teams calls talking out loudly. It was really very difficult to work for me. Just curious if you guys also feel the same way or have I just gone all very comfortable working alone at home so even a work calls of other people are annoying me?

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