Friday, September 10, 2021

Lines of communication

From an article for the BBC commercial site Worklife back in 2019

"Real-time work chat app Slack has been hailed as both an “email killer” and a “life ruiner”. That’s because the app’s constant notifications enable an always-on work culture that is, frankly, exhausting. Even Slack itself knows how difficult it is to disconnect: the HQ encourages its own employees to log off after leaving the office. But anyone who belongs to a Slack channel knows that stepping back is easier said than done."

Toilers in the BBC's groovy Design & Engineering Division are therefore both surprised and anxious to find that their new Chief Product Officer, Storm Fagan has joined their Slack community...

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