Rod Garcia, a senior director of engineering at Slack, shares how he uses the app for a better PTO experience.
Even with advanced notice, things will come in last-minute. That's when reminders come in handy. If Garcia gets a message on his way to the airport, for example, he'll set Slack to remind him of the message later so he can follow up on it when he's back.When he's finally off the clock, Garcia will update his Slack status that he's out of office and mark his return date to remind his team when they can get back in touch with him.
He'll also include a list of who to contact for specific business needs so everyone covering for him stays in the loop.While Slack offers the option to delay-send a message, Garcia will still get incoming pings while away. So, he uses Slack's"do not disturb" mode, scheduled for the duration of his trip, so he can control when he gets messages and notifications.
For any true emergencies, users can override the"do not disturb" function and send a direct message and notification once per day.When Garcia returns from a vacation, he'll send a message to his team's Slack channel with a little update on where he went and what he did, plus a few photos. Garcia says it's a way to connect with his team and say,"I'm very excited to be back because I feel recharged and rested."
"Those type of messages are really important to show that I'm human and that I have family," he adds,"but also to model behavior for other folks in the organization to say, 'hey, you need to take vacation.'"
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