> But even some of my direct reports will slack significantly more if they think I’m not online. Responses that are normally in minutes take hours etc.
That seems entirely reasonable to me. If I've been asked something by a coworker and for whatever reason I believe that they're AFK/offline, then responding to their message/email is going to be a lower priority for me.
I'm not going to stop whatever I'm in the middle of doing to give an immediate response if whoever asked me isn't going to read it immediately. I'll finish what I'm working on, or reply when I'm taking a break.
That seems entirely reasonable to me. If I've been asked something by a coworker and for whatever reason I believe that they're AFK/offline, then responding to their message/email is going to be a lower priority for me.
I'm not going to stop whatever I'm in the middle of doing to give an immediate response if whoever asked me isn't going to read it immediately. I'll finish what I'm working on, or reply when I'm taking a break.