Re:We're ditching the office completely
by puranjay on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @05:51AM
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Turning off Gmail notifications on my phone was the best thing I ever did for my stress levels.
Honestly, when you think about it, if it's over email, it's not a "real" emergency. Someone in a real emergency would just call.
Re:We're ditching the office completely
by daigoba66 on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @08:13AM
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Ditto. I turned off virtually all notifications on my phone. Only phone calls and text messages get through (which for me is quite rare).
I realized that almost nothing on my phone is important enough to interrupt me whenever.
I just use Priority Mode and put the phone face down if the notification led will distract me.
Re:We're ditching the office completely
by oxplot on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @06:35AM
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I too turned off notifications on gmail a long time ago. However, I've setup some filters looking for words like "urgent", "emergency", etc without telling people that I have. They're all labeled accordingly and that specific label makes a noise on my phone. It seems to work pretty good so far.
Re:We're ditching the office completely
by bpizzi on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @05:28AM
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> people were always amazed I didn't carry the latest greatest phone (only got an iPhone once they added GPS, currently using a Lumia 1020).
Same thing here, nobody understands why I'm sticking to a nokia 208.
I thought I'd like working at home, as it turns out I didn't at all because once you're working at home, it's hard to draw the line.
I learned it well working for myself. After 5pm, no work unless it's a real emergency and those might happen 1-2x a year.
Having gone back into the workforce, people were always amazed I didn't carry the latest greatest phone (only got an iPhone once they added GPS, currently using a Lumia 1020). I don't need a computer in my pocket. I'm in front of a computer roughly 12-16 hours a day, that little time I'm not, I'm okay with being away from email, etc.
Even though I'm on my computer at night (like now). I never check work emails, they're also never sent to my phone. Only personal. If it's an emergency, call. It better fucking be an emergency (why I left my last job, owner didn't understand boundaries). I also don't work overtime. If you want 24/7 support, hire it.