Mentions (12)
"Slack is full of Kudos, awards, and participation trophies of all kinds. Execs fire off emoji-laced post after post, and underlings react with emojis of their own to show their approval (never disapproval). In fact, negative emotion of all kinds is strictly prohibited."
"HR type who can't fathom why they don't just use a car. Actually called people who are still taking the train selfish."
"It has gotten so bad that even my COWORKER posted in the company slack channel for some house repair bills. Like I'm so sorry you're a neurodivergent queer poly latinx who can't afford a $4000 bill despite OWNING A HOME IN PORTLAND, but I simply can't spare the cash this month after my rent was rais"
"It's like they all went to school paid for by family so they wouldn't need to work a job while studying and jumped right into a tech career where you don't really need social skills outside of Slack or Google Teams."
"flip through tabs for a few hours
send some messages on slack to look busy
jerk off / play games
send some emails
write a comment on someones pull request"
"My boss just messaged our group slack channel to tell us he had a Zoom interview with a candidate who was taking a shit during the call."
"smart phones are so necessary for like basic transactions now, I don't see how you could pull it off. at a minimum all of my work stuff uses 2FA apps that wouldnt work on a dumb phone, to say nothing of seeing and responding to slack/emails quickly"
"I just finished a 46-hour week of labor and I'm tired but not nearly drained like I used to be after a week of Slack gifs and circle-backs"
"Fuck slack/text. If you need something urgently, get on the horn like a well-adjusted adult. Otherwise, drop an email in my inbox and I will get back to you when I feel like it. Asynchronous communication is good."
"Blinking button on Teams/Slack/whatever with missed messages. Read over messages, turn on email, read over messages. New message from Teams before you're done going through your email. You have not completed mandatory security training we told you about last week. Notification!! Your password is exp"
"85% of my workday is spent on this messenger app just going back and forth with clients over almost nothing at all. People can react with any stupid fucking emoji they please. I know bullshit jobs have always existed but idk something about Slack UI makes it feel even less legitimate"
"It should be obvious that trying to make friends over slack/Teams is pretty much a waste of time. Smalltalk is more-or-less nonexistent, which makes sense. Talking to your coworkers in-office versus online is the difference of having a new coworker who is corporeal and you can look them in the eyes,"