I guess IM could make an office more productive, but from my experiences it doesn't. I spent more time in IM explaining everything I was doing to my project manager then I did coding. Yet, somehow it was my fault stuff didn't get done. I attempted to just ignore the messages, but then he'd get mad and walk over and ask why I was ignoring him. The answer I'm working didn't make him happy either. To make matters worse everyone was with in a 10 foot radius of each other.
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I guess IM could make an office more productive, but from my experiences it doesn't. I spent more time in IM explaining everything I was doing to my project manager then I did coding. Yet, somehow it was my fault stuff didn't get done. I attempted to just ignore the messages, but then he'd get mad and walk over and ask why I was ignoring him. The answer I'm working didn't make him happy either. To make matters worse everyone was with in a 10 foot radius of each other.