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When work teams can't escape always-on digital communication

Our team has a group chat that never stops and everyone feels pressure to respond immediately even on weekends and I can see it's wearing people down but when I don't respond quickly I worry I'm missing something important or that people think I don't care about the work.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group trapped in reactive urgency, afraid that stepping back means falling behind or appearing uncommitted.

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