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by AlwaysRock 1494 days ago
Ha. I refuse to play the game. I set my slack to away the day I start and never turn it back to green. I've done this at every job during the pandemic. The stupid green bubble vs gray or yellow or whatever is a form of always being at your desk micro management and it isnt productive.

I'll happily explain that to anyone who asks but I've only had a few people ask. Again, if you get your work done most people dont give a shit.
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corrral 1494 days ago
Similar hiding-the-signal tricks:

- Set a reminder to go fuck around with your LinkedIn profile for a few minutes every couple months, so at no point are you suddenly active on it (and so, probably thinking about looking for a new job).

- If you have a job in an office with a relaxed dress code (like most devs, probably) make a point of dressing interview-nice at least a couple times a month, from the start. That way it's not notable when you happen to dress nice one day and also happen to take a slightly long lunch....

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throw827474737 1494 days ago
Huh, for what hide that? Would they proactively fire you?

Here, it is always joked that intentionally giving those signals is the trick to support getting the desired pay raise.. some years ago even saw one guy pulling that off.

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corrral 1494 days ago
The trouble is if you're just idly searching a bit and aren't in a hurry, you might not want your current employer (or co-workers) to start planning to be rid of you soon. At the very least, it might make things awkward.
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throw827474737 1492 days ago
Its strange but I never worked or can imagine working in such an environment.

When coworkers would learn I'm searching for something else they either understand me and/or try to persuade me not to jump ship. Why should they, lol? And if I go they wish me all the best as I would do to them.

And actually just the same for bosses?

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fileeditview 1494 days ago
Yep. After a while I disabled notifications, so Slack just doesn't disturb me when working. Sometimes I just quit it completely for an hour or two so I don't look at it because it usually sits on screen 3(the laptop) and I see stuff moving in the corner of my eye.

If someone would question my work ethic or similar because of my Slack status I would explain to them that this is bogus. If they insist, I would complain about them with their boss. If that all is not futile I would just find another job.

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AlwaysRock 1494 days ago
Yup. Shutting off slack notifications and setting status to away is day one things for me.
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