<aside> 💡 As a remote-first company, Slack is our virtual office. Below are the guidelines for how we work on Slack
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It's very important to take breaks. And it's very hard to take breaks if Slack is always on. Make sure you set yourself to "Do Not Disturb" or set a status when you're in deep focus mode. That way you can stay away from the notifications and get back when you're ready. Use the save or /remind feature to remind yourself of important messages you should get back to. It's your own responsibility to make this work.
If you don't know where to put your funny meme or ask an important question, please always use an open channel. Only if the message is of some private matter, you should move to the DMs. The more transparency the better — it helps us all stay in sync.
This one is important for remote work to work. The good thing about working remotely is that you can manage your own time, and it gives you a lot of freedom. It’s great that you can start late, or early, take a long lunch, but to make sure we don't end up in a situation where we're moving slowly due to lack of information, everyone should be able to expect a reply by the end of the day. This is obviously only the case for people who are not on holiday, and "by the end of day" means by the end of a regular workday (remember some team members are in different timezones).