[bluntfang]

>I never knew if I was intruding on somebody else's time

is this just a lack of understanding that (or a lack of your company embracing) chat/email is asynchronous communication?

I work remote, and all of the people who don't want to be disturbed have snoozed notifications and I understand that they'll get back to me when they're ready.

[SubuSS]

At least in my company, many folks leave it on snooze always - with a status requesting for an override if there's something urgent. Else the intrusion is very real. I personally used to get a ding from groups or PMs every other min or so. muted groups, still got one every 5 mins or so - very painful.

I prefer the onboard buddy / mentor approach: I just tell my mentee to override this.