Sunday ko nahi yaar please  
 It's already time

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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?

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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

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

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Slack DM’s

Software Developer

I can’t be be the only one, but I am surrounded by multiple people that just do not believe in async communication. They first send a “hi”, wait for me to acknowledge and then only proceed to tell me what they want. Even if it is something ridiculous like “What is the URL to access this portal?”. 

I generally am very quick with messages and from the last few months, this “hi” business is ticking me off. I decided to do some social experiment and delayed my responses to hi. 

If someone just sends me a “hi”, I schedule a “hi” to 3 hours from then. Result? People would rather sit on blockers than tell me what they want. 

I then tried a decreasing backoff. If you texted me a “hi” once, I’d respond in 3 hours. Repeat it a second time, I’d respond in 4 hours. 5 hours the third time, 6 hours the fourth and so on. 

Results? People would still rather I acknowledge their “hi” than tell me what they want.  

Some anecdotes of how “efficient” communication is:

1. A guy wanted access to a portal that I managed. He pinged me a “hi” every morning for 7 straight days before actually asking me what he wants. 
2. Another person wanted to understand git commands that can be used to solve merge conflicts. But not before pinging “hi” for 4 days, then just pulling me into a call with their manager and their manager pinging me a “hi” when I declined the call. 
3. Another person wanted an update on a ticket I closed 2 years ago. All he wanted was a change request number, which he could find using control + F on the Jira portal. He chose to send “hi”s to multiple team mates of mine when I didn’t respond. 

Ultimately, I started telling people to not just ping and disappear and that they can reach out to me. But I guess old habits die hard and I still receive multiple “hi”s. 

Merko unkin”hi” lag gayi. 

Also, before you scream at me for ranting about such a piddi problem. https://nohello.net/en/ is the thing.

Folks that ping “hi” and disappear

P.S. They mentioned Gurugram and put location as Noida 🤐

Anyone going to this Slack meetup?

After struggling for achieving my monthly Target we've finally at the finish line. 

Tomorrow according to my plan we'll be achieving the monthly target!

It's gonna be fun day Tomorrow 

#NeverStop

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- Slack has launched four new widgets for its iOS app, three for the homescreen and one for the lockscreen, making it easier to access the app quickly.
- The Catch Up widget on the homescreen provides a quick glance at unread messages and mentions, offering more detail than the app icon's badge.
- Two other homescreen widgets streamline status updates, with one offering quick access to status settings and another providing preselected status options like 'Focus' and 'Lunch'.
- These preselected status options are currently not customizable, limiting user flexibility.
- With Slack's pervasive presence on our devices, these new widgets could make work feel even more nonstop, integrating it further into our daily lives. 

 Source: The Verge

Slack Introduces iPhone Widgets to Make Work More Inescapable

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no time to deep work. too frequent interruptions

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

Product Manager

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Hi , this post is intended to be a disclaimer to anyone who is planning to join Yubi. A lot of things are happening here that show some signs of an impending layoff

1) Several senior folks in tech and product have quit. Also there is no replacement hiring planned for them. Several projects are also getting shelved as a result.

2) there were several open roles a few weeks back and almost all of them are on hold as of now across all depts( tech , business , ops)

3) rampant cost cutting. The lunch options have been reduced to just 1 dal , 1 veg , rice and chapati.  Snacks have been removed too.


Because of several folks quitting in less than 6 months and no replacement hiring , load has increased tremendously on existing members who are themselves trying to leave. 

People have serious doubts on whether any hike or bonus will be given or not this year.

Rampant negativity at Yubi

Growth Manager

Today morning my ceo added me to company's insta group chat, wtf why?? That would be the last thing I wanted. We are a ~90 employees company and most of them follow me on insta now 😭., Should I follow them back?

Something i never wanted coz insta algo recommend my liked post/reels to my followers and this kills the freedom of me liking anything without thinking what if my manager see this meme which is on him 🤣.

Beyond slack

#Bug...I get notifications but tapping on it doesn't take me to the thread... nothing happens ..

#Bug... Notification Bug

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.

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