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When your team's always-on culture is burning everyone out

Our startup team is always reachable on Slack and everyone expects instant responses and I can see we're all getting fried but the culture feels too entrenched to change. We're moving fast and breaking things including ourselves and I don't know how to slow this down without seeming like I'm not committed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group has created digital connectivity that serves the work but destroys the workers, and no one knows how to step back without seeming less dedicated.

Ideas that help explain it
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