Our overall Slack philosophy is to strike a balance between these ideals:

• Keep things public and searchable by anybody
• It’s your responsibility to explicitly loop others in
• It’s your responsibility to find the information you need - that’s why we keep things searchable

Here are some ground rules to how we use Slack productively at MeetEdgar:

Logged in = at work

Logging in to Slack and saying hello is how you "show up" for work every day. It's our remote work equivalent of being in the building.

When you don’t want to be bothered, don’t log out. Instead, change your Slack "status." (You are also totally welcome to turn off your notifications so you won't be bothered by the app.)

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Log out at the end of your day, so people know you won’t be back until tomorrow.

Use Slack Statuses

Slack statuses are there to help you inform your team of where you are and if you're available to chat.

Here's the chart of our team requirements, as of right now. (This is an ongoing experiment, so we're fully open to hearing your thoughts on this and suggestions for improvement.)

❗ HELPFUL HINT ❗

Update your Slack status by typing into any Slack channel: /slack [emoji code] [status]

Best Practices when using Slack Statuses:

1. Use a relatively standardized set of statii
2. Your working hours should listed in your “here” and your “off for the night”