Apps: How Slack Is Changing Office Culture

It’s not your imagination: “Slack is ruining your life,” said Nicole Gallucci on Mashable.com.

- 

I know because it’s destroying mine. When I first signed up for the workplace-messaging app, I was told it’d be an efficient and fun way to communicate with my colleagues during work hours. “I was not, however, told that the addictive platform would soon creep into every aspect of my existence.” For the uninitiated, Slack lets workers set up public and private chats, like texts or instant messaging, complete with quirky emoji. Theoretically, it makes brainstorming an idea or updating colleagues on a project easier, because it’s faster than sending an email and less hassle than setting up a meeting. But it wasn’t long before I found myself compulsively scrolling through Slack at all hours of the day and night – to see if I’d missed anything important or, just as often, the latest office gossip from around the digital watercooler. And the notif