Re:Signs that it's time to leave a company
by kccqzy on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @11:13PM
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Exactly. It is basically never okay to expect a quick reply, whether you are working remotely or in office. Doing that just fragments that person's attention and makes them get out of flow.
A long time ago when everyone was in office, a cultural norm was that if someone was wearing headphones, regardless of whether they were listening to anything, they do not welcome interruptions. That cultural norm was gradually eroded during the pandemic.
MS Teams and similar products have a color-coding scheme (green - active, yellow - inactive, probably afk, red - busy, white - offline) that solves that quite effectively (maybe even too much). Have you tried it, and if so, in what sense did you find it lacking? Also, if instant gratification is what you're craving, then I'm not sure fully on-site has you covered either - people spend much more time away from their desks than at home (in meetings and other places). I'm also not sure if it's the best measure of what 'works', because every instant response for you is a possible distraction from their flow state for someone else.