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by breathesalt 3682 days ago
You can't mute your boss, and they're the only messages anyone pays attention to. You can only ignore support for 20 minutes max before your boss starts typing your handle.
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Only in terrible office cultures. If everything is urgent, then nothing is urgent. Good office cultures clearly delineate between what needs a person's urgent attention and what can wait for 20 minutes while someone wraps up something they're doing.