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- Slack on personal email? Do you guys use slack at work? On your team? Do you guys use your work domain account or just personal emails?
- Tired of Slack, Email, and Zoom I’m tired of living my work week in 30 minute increments, constantly needing to check Slack, review and respond to Emails, be on Zoom. What are healthy habits that actually work for you that keeps the anxiety of “being on” at bay?
- Banning gifs/memes in Slack and emails? My company’s Legal Dept just issued an edict saying that we can no longer use any potentially copyrighted material for *internal* Slacks or email messages, citing legal risk. Fair use, anyone? The ‘team communication’ use case is clearly not meant to deprive a copyright holder of commercial benefit.
- vote Email etiquette vs. Chat/Slack/In-person? I'm comfortable with all forms of communication at work but when there are toooo many things to do then I prefer dropping 'emails'. But I see that some people have horrible 'email etiquettes', i.e., either they write bad replies; or they don't reply on-time/at all. I know some people prefer chat/Sl
- People who use slack to write emails What's is their problem??? It the same kind of boomers who cc everyone to create super long email threads It's a chat app not a desktop email UI
- Pip - can someone see slack and email? Can HR see emails and slack while someone is on PIP? #amazon #microsoft
- Starting new job on Monday - still have access to old company email, slack etc - problem for H1? Friday was my last day at old company and starting a new job on Moday. But I still seem to have access to office email, slack etc, not sure why. As far as I know all the accounts get deactivated after last day. I have informed my manager, yet to hear back. But I wonder if manager can't do anything
- Hello! I am looking to be referred to Slack, EA, Snapchat, Eventbrite, VISA, Zillow. Plz DM me your email! 🙏🏽 #tech #referral #referrals
- Overwhelmed with too much work How do people disconnect and feel they can recharge ? Slacks, emails, texts it is non stop and m loosing my mind! Thanks
- vote What % of remote workers do you think just play video games 7 hours out of the workday? I think there is likely a high percentage of remote workers who just game all day and respond to emails/slack threads where necessary TC: 220k
- What’s the best way to start your day? Mine is checking emails, reading through the ‘threads’ section on slack EOY: 3 TOC: 220k
- 49 inch monitor for coding? Is it bonkers? I can imagine an IDE, 2 browser windows, and some email/slack
- vote Pronouns Should you put pronouns in your Slack profile, company profile, Zoom, GitHub, email signature, etc TC 340
- People who work at FB/Tesla - could you slack Elon or Mark? Always wondered this, if you guys use slack. lol imagine not using slack. Do you actually have the ability to DM Mark/Elon? Have you seen them email your company? Most be surreal. #tech
- How are Airbnb, Lyft, Uber conducting the layoffs? Has anyone found out yet if they were being laid off? How is it being done? e.g. Slack, email, webex, skype?
- How to tell your manager you’re leaving when you’ve only been there for a few months? How would you do it? Email? Slack? Video? There is no bad blood between us, but I’m sure they will not be happy to hear this. :(
- People leaving Amazon fast It is incredible to see at which rate people are leaving. Wanted to look up a contact in slack - person is gone. And he joined after me. People leaving silently or with emails. Managers, SDEs. I am leaving too. Pretty amazing.
- Slack pretends hiring ?? Recently interviewed at Slack, all rounds went well I was confident I would get an offer but recruiter sent the rejection email! And it was not initiated by me, the recruiter contacted me and when I moved forward with the process I started looking up the interview process/ commonly asked questions e
- Worst ever interview experience at Slack Applied for a position at slack. Spent more than 10 hours interviewing and finishing up their coding assignment. The recruiter was non responsive throughout the process. I had to email atleast 3 times for any queries I had. AFTER the final interview, got rejected with ‘too many applicants’ bs. I mea
- Jira headaches How do you keep track of jira, slack and emails constantly updates? Are there any productivity tools you use?
- Best mobile app for error notification? What's the best mobile app for notification of system errors etc? I could push out emails but that sucks. I could tell people to run slack and publish to a slack channel with their rest API. What else are people using?
- Tooling at Facebook What does Facebook use internally for day-to-day work? Exchange email, Git, Bluejeans, Slack, etc. And what’s the inbox size limit? (Amazon’s is 2GB)
- vote Replace Slack With Google Suite Looks like gmail (as part of Google suite) is getting a major update next week which will make slack obsolete. Hunch is most companies using slack already use Google suite for email, cloud storage, etc. If that’s the case, why would any company still pay for slack? Poll to check what combination is
- How long do you work every week? Everyone talks about TC. I am interested in knowing number of working hours. This includes checking email/slack while not 'at work'. TC: ~160k Hours per week: ~45
- Absolutely no response from Slack recruiter Interviewed with Slack, had the initial recruiter call and then first interview with hiring manager. The recruiter said that she will get the feedback in 24-48 hours. It has already been 4 business days and I reached out yesterday and the recruiter has not even responded to my email. Looks like a r
- Resignation How to tell startup that I worked at for 2.5 months that I am leaving? Should I just send a slack message or a email or anything else?
- What kind of enterprise software is used @FAANG? For example, Intel uses Skype/Outlook for messaging/emails/contacts, and Office suite for docs/spreadsheets/presentations. What do companies like Apple/Google/Facebook use? Slack?? iMessage??
- What do you say to your Manager on your last day? It’s your last day. You have failed the pip. You don’t get well along with your manager. We never talked on slack in past two months every thing is on email. I am thinking of texting manager over slack. What would you say to your manager given the situation? YOE : 18 months TC : 155k New TC 2
- Oracle Mensa Member makes racist comment in company wide slack over Vaccine Mandate Oracle is a federal contractor and we all got an email that we are required to be vaxxed by December 8th. A very high IQ individual who is clearly in MENSA protested this on slack saying he is Florida and he will see what "Mr. Desantis" has to say about this! He also called it the China Virus. I che
- Maybe Slack Employees Can't Use Blind Because they don't believe in email and so they can't validate their blind accounts. It doesn't seem like anyone from Slack is on here. 🤔
- link Calling all 2020 FB new joiners I created a slack channel for all 2020 fb joiners to share, bond, network, etc. Please send an email to bootcampers2020@gmail.com with a photo or screenshot of your redacted fb offer letter or portal page that shows 2020 start or orientation date, and you'll receive a slack channel invitation. Than
- vote Developer block like writers block, do you also have those episodes? i think i am having one. not doing anything other than replying email and slack. basically killing time. feeling guilty
- vote How many pomodoros do you do in average each day? (1 pomodoro=25mins.) I do 8 and feels like a lot. [Edit: I do not include meetings, emails or slack on my pomodoros] #mentalhealth #wfh #google #amazon #netflix #madoff
- vote definition of bad WLB I work 9.30-5.30, mostly lunch at desk. Once i reach home, have to login in the night, expected to reply emails Same on weekend, reply emails (if any), reply on slack channel (if any) In short always connected to work, basically i dont code so cant quantify how many hours i work in the night but ema
- Daily stand ups How do you guys do your daily stand ups? In-person or over slack of email? I like the in person stand ups because of the human element. What worked well at your companies?
- Looking for a quick chat with Google PM(s) prior to on-site I have my on site next week and would love a few minutes of perspective from Google PMs. Email, slack, or a quick call are all appreciated. Happy to send a small token of appreciation for time spent as well. #productmanager #pm
- Company level email about background color update on okta page - so immature For those of you who don’t know, our Okta page background is changed to plain blue color instead of office pic and there was a company email about this and Slack announcement too 🎉🎉 Why the f**kkk , who cares !!! This is the stupidest email announcement i have seen in my 10yoe career and 3 yrs a
- Is slack a good buy? Considering its 26.38 price and good adoption, does it have potential ? Lots of tech/nontech big cap companies as well as people are using it. Are there chances of email going obsolete after wide scale slack adoption ?
- What’s your company and what do they use for email/ virtual meetings/ productivity software Email: Outlook/Google/? Virtual Meetings: Teams/Zoom/Webex/? Productivity: Office 365/Google/? Chat: Teams/Slack/Google/? Sometimes it’s helpful for people to know what the software scenario is before joining Microsoft is Outlook/Teams/Office 365/Teams
- Caught Posting Negative Feedback? Original post was flagged, not sure why. There’s a rumor that my company has our data scientists looking to see who posted anything negative on the web by using NLP to compare posts to email/slack messages. Seems viable, what’s your take?
- vote Facebook WLB for E5 How many hours on average week (including emails, meetings, oncalls, out of hour slacks but excluding lunch) do you need to work to get meets all as an E5 if you have average talent (comparing with other FB folks)? TC 220
- vote How to change team at amazon? Asking for a friend that is confused. She has recently joined amazon as an applied scientist and does not like what her team is doing, it is also a large team and looking to change the team. Should you email the new manager? Contact on chime or slack? TC: 170k YOE: 4
- How much actual work do you do? When I take out meetings, email, slack, social time with colleagues, learning, standups, updating JIRA, bathroom breaks, lunch… I am at 19 hours in a week. Much of that 19 hours is design docs, code reviews, some coding, ops, … in other words things I think I am being paid for. Senior looking at s
- Is it normal for your manager to not respond to emails and messages? Not sure if it's just me, but my manager often doesn't respond to my emails and slack messages for several days and I have to hunt her down to tell her in person. Which can be a little tricky because she's usually in meetings all day. I know managers get a lot of emails, so I'm not sure if this is n
- Ghosted by Slack Recruiter That’s it. That’s the post. They gave me a day and time by which they’d get back to me on the next steps and that came and went. Email follow-up ignored. I really got my hopes up. On to the next! #slack #recruiting #swe
- vote Would you take a new job with a pay cut if that new job makes you happier? Happier can mean any of these in comparison to your current job: - better company culture - better manager - better team - better work hours - less or no work Slack/email/call when you’re on vacation - the work is more rewarding Pay cut can be anything between 10-30%
- Dev productivity tips? Any rare productivity tips/practices for devs to make working on projects comfier? Tools, commands, practices, settings, shells, git precommit stuff, desk layout, email, slack, time management literally anything. All I have are vim key bindings and maybe pushd/popd for directory navigation. TC 160
- vote Do I have a case here? My calendar shows on average 30-35 hours of zoom a week, some days starting at 6am and ending at 8pm, I get slacks on my weekend and typically speaking can catch up on email and administrative stuff at night, leading to a 75+ hour workweek, it's common and there is no end in sight. This has been my
- Convince team to use collaboration tools for better communications! Dear all, how can I convince my team mates to get on using collaboration tools such as teams , slack, etc for quick chats , group discussions, message etc ? Majority of my immediate peers are bit oldies and they prefer emails, phone texts for any correspondence which is not at all efficient... Wha
- How to switch teams within Amazon? I want to switch teams (six months into AWS; L7) and have emailed/slacked a couple of hiring managers for advertised roles that seem like a great fit my background. Not a single person has written back/replied. Why? What has been your experience switching team/org within #amazon ?