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#Set your picture as your status slack archive
#Set your picture as your status slack free

For important announcements that need to be seen by everybody Slack is not going to be enough, send those by email as well.Īvoid the cardinal sin of sending just “Hi” and waiting for the other side to reply.Interruptions are the productivity killer. But please don’t do this unless it’s really important – people need to be able to focus and get the work done. That’s why we have our phone numbers in the Slack profile – if you need somebody right this minute, consider phoning or messaging them. If there is an emergency, it’s not the best way to get somebody’s attention.People will answer when they have the time or if it’s after-hours for them expect a response on their next working day. Nobody’s expected to see it or reply straight away. It’s perfectly OK to message anybody at any time.This means that people don’t need to be in it at the same time – somebody can message you now and you can reply later, when you see the message. Slack is intended for asynchronous communication. If you intend to create multiple channels for related topics, it is nice to prefix them with a single short word or abbreviation. Keep in mind that channel names are unique, even for private channels.

#Set your picture as your status slack archive

All team channels should be public - if you find yourself in a private team channel, ask to archive it and create a new public one. We’re trying to keep a culture of transparency here.

Don’t use private channels, unless you really, really need to.

You can always unarchive it should you need it again.

When your channel is not needed anymore, please archive it.

This is indicated with the :speech_balloon: emoji 💬.

Some channels are expected to be thread-only.

Those channels have a 🇧🇬 Bulgarian flag in the topic. That’s perfectly fine as Slack is very heavily used by the Engineering team in Bulgaria. Remember that not everybody is in your department, so make sure that you include enough context for everybody. Anybody reading the topic should get a good sense of what the channel is about. The topic is visible at the top of the screen when you’ve opened a channel, next to the channel’s name. Note that there is a difference between topic and description.

Always, always add a topic to the channel.Like #baking-recipes or #feature-requests. Separate words in the channel name with dashes -, not underscores _.

#Set your picture as your status slack free

Creating new channelsįeel free to create new channels any time you need to. But don’t fret too much about it – if you are needed somewhere, people will invite you. There are many channels for various topics, so it might be worth it to give a quick glance over the list and see if you’re interested in any.

#all-hands-meeting - Notes and recordings from all-hands meetings.

Anything that is non work related to keep us connected and remind us to be lighthearted. What gets posted here is important, so we try to limit the volume of conversation and use threads, so that messages don’t get lost.

#announcements – Company-wide announcements and updates.

You should already be in the following channels. If you don’t have GitHub, you can ignore this. If you’re an engineer, make sure your username in Slack matches the one in GitHub. Don’t just put in any picture there – use a photo where we can see your face and you can be identified. It makes Slack considerably more personal. If you can’t find them, they might not be in Slack yet – make sure you fill it once they are. If you are uncertain, that is usually the person you have your one-to-ones with. Useful, since we’re all around the globe. Enter your official role, as per your role description.

It will help Slack and anyone who wants to contact you know what the time it is for you. It’s not going to be used, unless it’s an emergency. You can enter your official role or anything else that will help your coworkers understand what you do. This is shown under your picture in Slack. It’s best to fill in all the fields, but the following are mandatory: Your Slack profile is the first thing most of your coworkers see about you. This page will acquaint you with how we use Slack in Dext. In 10 years, we want to look back at Dext and think "I am glad I was a part of this!" Slack guidelines