Ask your company to consider using Microsoft Teams instead. It's so repulsive that you and everyone else will probably be far less willing to communicate at all. Only half-joking.
You had me in the first half there
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#213Americans have really run out of problems I see
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#214> I don't want to be the person that's not reachable
^ you have to
unscheduled communication isn't something your brain can recover from
check in one time per day. only read your inbound @username. do not browse or scroll
otherwise if someone wants to talk to you, let them schedule it a day in advance
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#215Try opening it in a web browser tab (you don't actually need to install the electron app).
Next, deny the notification permission when prompted by the browser, disable phone app notifications, etc.
Finally, if necessary, set your slack status to "If this is urgent, text me at 123-456-7890"
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#216Mute lots of channels by default. Might seem pointless to still keep them in the list, but I consider those like muted bookmarks. You have to mute @channel and @here before muting the channel for some unknown reason. Turn off @channel and @here notifications for nearly everything other than your team-specific channel that should be only your immediate coworkers and your manager. There used to be an easy way to manage…
This is sage advice - I think of slack like the bystander effect - if nobody is explicitly asking you to do something you aren't accountable, but you can help out if you feel like it when it suits you.
If they want a formal response SLA they can use an appropriate tool like service now and its overheads.
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#217Ask your company to consider using Microsoft Teams instead. It's so repulsive that you and everyone else will probably be far less willing to communicate at all. Only half-joking.
Believe it or not, Teams/Outlook are actually a lot less awful on Mac OS.
Not sure how you came to that conclusion regarding outlook, one of the reasons I moved to Windows from osx was the mac version of outlook was so terrible.
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#218Fellow ADHDer and corporate VP here. Making an assumption you’re US-based. If you feel comfortable with your boss and HR, consider requesting an accommodation. ADHD is protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act. I’ve gotten accommodations several times in my career and it’s generally a non-controversial process at most companies.
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#219I don’t have ADHD but I get very distracted by Slack. Here’s what worked for me. 1. Slack app uninstalled on my phone. If I need it for something, I install it, use it, then delete again. 2. Slack app on my laptop fully closed by default. 3. Set times (about 5 a day) to check in and respond to notifications and scan channels. When I was a senior manager with lots of actually important messages these blocks were about…
I was going to give a flavor of the same advice. This is solid Slack guidance and if followed will work.
Re: Ask HN: I have diagnosed ADHD and cannot work with Slack anymore – advice?
#220I have personally introduced "timed checkins" for my company. I'll reload slack once every 2, 3 hours and then answer everything, then go back to my regularly scheduled task.