[Viliam1234]

The best way to use Slack (or e-mail) is probably to only turn it on once or twice a day. After you complete a task, before taking a coffee break, turn on the messaging software and read the internal news.

Until one day a manager sends something urgent, and then explodes in anger because 30 minutes later no one has reacted yet.

[halbritt]

I'm pretty explicit with the people that I manage that I do not expect them to respond to me with any kind of timeliness.

[joecool1029]

It sounds like you don't really manage them then?

To completely convey that there's no timeliness requirement for even a basic acknowledgement means you aren't actually managing anyone and/or your team is so gifted in efficiency your position isn't really needed in that organization.

I wonder if you're more of a mentor they go to when something isn't working or you're just wasting some company's time and money posting useless crap on their chat.

Are you just talking about Slack or are you talking about other methods of communication? If it's the former then wtf point does it serve other than as a morale booster to goof off with.

[halbritt]

I'm specifically talking about slack.

I rarely need something done with any degree of urgency. That generally implies a lack of planning on my part. If my team is functioning correctly, everyone knows why they should be focused on, what's next, and how that fits into the roadmap for the near term, generally quarterly.