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They'd hate where I work. Rather than message to ask to call, we just call.

The whole point of calling is to reduce the pain of having to type out a load of stuff that's easier to say and comes with the extra nuances of verbal communication. I can't imagine they'd prefer the repeated flashings of your manager is typing... over minutes.

Just sending "hello" is annoying though, I'll give them that.

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I'd just decline a random call. First I have to pull out my airpods and wait a bit for them to sync

That depends on frequency and can be both good and bad thing. Text don't convey emotion well, emojis don't really help with that, direct calls are much better.

But then focus wind-up and wind-down matters too, so receiving random calls throughout the day might be a recipe for no work done whatsoever. In the end if there are serious agreements made it should be done in writing though.

That's why people like email. Unless it's on fire, please just email. Not every email has to be a treatise, short and sweet, maybe a few bullets to keep your mind focused rather than rambletypeing. I hate getting random calls and IMs it breaks my flow and focus. I actually turn off IM or put away at most places and silence it. I have unplugged the phone before as well if it gets aggregious

IMO, direct call (especially if those are common in your workplace) is much better than a vague "can we talk?" before a call. Doesn't give the mind a chance to wander and fill in the context.

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