Ron Gilbert (GrumpyGamer)Pro-tip: If you're a boss or manager, don't send email, Slacks, etc, outside of business hours. You might not intend them to be responded to until start of work, but it send a subtile message of "I'm working at 11pm or on the weekend, why aren't you?"
Nathan Harvey@grumpygamer I struggled with this at first. As an IC I had always just worked the hours I wanted to and went through my queue to completion, including emails needed. But when I reached out as a lead, I saw team members reaching back immediately and I would try to explain “oh, I didn’t mean for you to be reading this at these hours, just had some time to work through my queue. But work-life balance, do as I say not as I do…” and I realized really quickly that if I was working sending communication, even if I really, truly do not want to be setting any similar expectations on anyone, they would see it as such. I was modeling a toxic behavior that causes a toxic environment, even if I tried to be friendly about it.