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0 pointsnkrisc7mo ago0 comments

Worse than the work email spam at some of my previous jobs was the Slack spam - at least the email spam was work-related. Too many people substitute work for a social life and treat Slack like they’re on a group chat with friends.

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lostlogin7mo ago

> Worse than the work email spam at some of my previous jobs was the Slack spam

It’s annoying if not muted and you need to work. Why not do that?

A workplace with no chat and zero talk would be pretty grim.

theshrike797mo ago

If the company Slack doesn't have a #memes channel, I don't want to work there.

hnlmorg7mo ago

There's nothing wrong with social chat on Slack. It just needs to be either in a thread or, better yet, in a dedicated social channel.

Saying people shouldn't have social chat on Slack is like people shouldn't have social chat in the office kitchen because it's part of the same office complex.

nkriscOP7mo ago

And if they did that, I’d have nothing to complain about. That’s never been my experience though with Slack at work.

hnlmorg7mo ago

That’s unfortunate but it’s not a universal trend.

The problem here isn’t Slack, it’s poor Slack etiquette. However you can change etiquette at a company level.

tayo427mo ago

@here I need an update on a ticket

@here were doing some it maintenance over the weekend in the middle of the night on a system no one uses

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lostlogin7mo ago

> Worse than the work email spam at some of my previous jobs was the Slack spam

It’s annoying if not muted and you need to work. Why not do that?

A workplace with no chat and zero talk would be pretty grim.

theshrike797mo ago

If the company Slack doesn't have a #memes channel, I don't want to work there.

hnlmorg7mo ago

There's nothing wrong with social chat on Slack. It just needs to be either in a thread or, better yet, in a dedicated social channel.

Saying people shouldn't have social chat on Slack is like people shouldn't have social chat in the office kitchen because it's part of the same office complex.

nkriscOP7mo ago

And if they did that, I’d have nothing to complain about. That’s never been my experience though with Slack at work.

hnlmorg7mo ago

That’s unfortunate but it’s not a universal trend.

The problem here isn’t Slack, it’s poor Slack etiquette. However you can change etiquette at a company level.

tayo427mo ago

@here I need an update on a ticket

@here were doing some it maintenance over the weekend in the middle of the night on a system no one uses

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse