DM etiquette on Slack/Teams
I’ve (40f) been working in corporate environments since around 2005, and communication styles have changed drastically over the last 10 years — especially with DMs becoming the primary way people interact at work.
I left corporate in 2020 (worked at Facebook) to join a startup, and now that I’m returning to a larger corporate environment again, I’ve noticed the etiquette around messaging feels very different than it used to. Understandable since so many people are remote workers now.
What’s considered normal vs rude these days in Slack/Teams?
- getting straight to the point immediately?
- a greeting before every interaction?
- some small talk first?
- async-style messaging with minimal back-and-forth?
Do people still ask things like “How was your weekend?” regularly, or has that mostly disappeared outside close teammates? Is that a nice thing to do or people prefer if you don't ask because everyone lies anyway?
I’m curious what people personally prefer now, especially across different industries, ages, and company cultures.
What DM habits are annoying? What communication styles make someone pleasant to work with vs exhausting?