I have since turned it off, but people remain a lot more respectful of my time (I may now be perceived as a dick because of it).
I have since turned it off, but people remain a lot more respectful of my time (I may now be perceived as a dick because of it).
My particular perception switcher was when people started starting side conversations by forwarding JIRA ticket email notifications to me with comments etc and emails with ticket references in asking questions.
I rejected these with a simple filter [A-Z]{1,3}-[0-9]{1,6} with "write it on the damn ticket, peon" (in slightly friendlier language).
Everything turns up on tickets now and I get 4-5 emails a day compared to 80-100.
While having a good relationship with your coworkers is an important part of being an employee; I am here to do my work. So if "I am a dick who gets stuff done" so be it :) .
Also WTF for being on IRC but not email.