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I grew up socializing online so I am the opposite. The office was a barrage of spontaneous interruptions, and made me look for a hole in the back of the office to hide in. It’s easier to take a brainstorming walk and ping a colleague with an idea than give them the 50th shoulder tap of the day. It’s understandable that not everyone is used to communicating in this way.

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We're the IRC generation, just ping me with a silly image if you want a casual chat.

> It’s easier to take a brainstorming walk

And since your chat program of choice now shows you as inactive/away for that 20min brainstorming walk session, manager sees it as you not working or being productive. Better make that time up!

If you have abusive micromanaging management then your life will be miserable. Period. Blaming one of the five million tools or approaches they could use to achieve that goal is rather short sighted.

In this case I'm not blaming the tools, but exactly who you said. Short sighted micro management.

if my manager/employer is looking at that shit and complaining about being AFK for 20min I'll be looking for a new place to work. already dealt with that sort of BS in the past -- never again.

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