784 karma · joined September 3, 2013
Shut off slack, sign-off and coach people on how to reach you. They should rely on batch systems that you check a couple times a day or they can call or however else contact you in an emergency that requires real-time engagement.
You can also do office hours, where you are reliably online and chatting at known and published time.
Slack is cool because it makes everyone feel important in exchange for them giving up their time and productivity.
[edit] Typo.
The employers could, offer bonus payments for the employees tenure, top of market salaries, equity in the business, or secure private insurance to cover losses if the employee leaves.
Asking an employee, to pay you money so that you can make money from their labor shouldn't be legal.
10K is less than peanuts for software. Go sell your software to his competitors for $x0,000 per month.