Colleague copies his manager on all emails to me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I often use cc’s on emails as a management tool. It’s easy and effective in my line of work. So, it wouldn’t help if you asked one of my direct reports with whom I use this tool to stop. And if you addressed it with me I’d think you were out of line.

Set up slack channels.

Sounds like some newfangled millennial thing that doesn't show the proper chain of command and respect for my position as a high status overseer of my subordinates who should only speak when spoken to.

[Anonymous]

I do it because my mgr told me to do it so she doesnt end up in panic mode when she has to cover for me when I am off. This also lets us keep our 1:1 meetings high level. Why are you so paranoid on who is copied? You still get the email.

[Anonymous]

As others have said, sometimes copying a manager or others on an email is just to keep them informed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do it because my mgr told me to do it so she doesnt end up in panic mode when she has to cover for me when I am off. This also lets us keep our 1:1 meetings high level. Why are you so paranoid on who is copied? You still get the email.

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This is how we do it in my office too. We copy liberally because there’s a lot of travel and managers and coworkers may need to take over with little notice. It’s easy to get caught up if you can just review the last few emails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like the manager is monitoring your colleague's work, not yours.

This. I had a manager who made my whole team do this because he was a micromanager. It made other teams worry until I told them at lunch what was going on. See sometimes being in person is good!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I often use cc’s on emails as a management tool. It’s easy and effective in my line of work. So, it wouldn’t help if you asked one of my direct reports with whom I use this tool to stop. And if you addressed it with me I’d think you were out of line.

No it is stupid. Documents should be a golden source and edited directly.

In 2022 entire year I sent 8 work emails and received maybe 5.

Emails are not work. Have not been since 1995 when the first shared drive and track changes started being used at most places. Today Slack, Jira, Salesforce, google docs, sharepoint, servicenow, cloud version office has fully replaced emails as a work tool,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I often use cc’s on emails as a management tool. It’s easy and effective in my line of work. So, it wouldn’t help if you asked one of my direct reports with whom I use this tool to stop. And if you addressed it with me I’d think you were out of line.

No it is stupid. Documents should be a golden source and edited directly.

In 2022 entire year I sent 8 work emails and received maybe 5.

Emails are not work. Have not been since 1995 when the first shared drive and track changes started being used at most places. Today Slack, Jira, Salesforce, google docs, sharepoint, servicenow, cloud version office has fully replaced emails as a work tool,

So there’s only one way to manage. I forgot. 🙄

[Anonymous]

You could email them separately and ask them why. They probably are required to do it. If I don’t copy my boss and say I “talked to so and so” she will require me to share my correspondence anyway. By copying people I am letting them know boss is watching. People tend to be more vulnerable in email with me when she isn’t copied and I worry about her seeing that. Like if they are asking advice or for help, etc.

Anyways sounds like a manager thing.

[Anonymous]

We all do it buy routine in my office. I am not doing anything secret so I don't really care who gets copied.

[Anonymous]

I routinely copy emails because sometimes the receiver is sloppy or out of office
It helps keep me out of trouble, ie, that meeting was scheduled for 10am, not 9am..just a CYA in my case

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could email them separately and ask them why. They probably are required to do it. If I don’t copy my boss and say I “talked to so and so” she will require me to share my correspondence anyway. By copying people I am letting them know boss is watching. People tend to be more vulnerable in email with me when she isn’t copied and I worry about her seeing that. Like if they are asking advice or for help, etc.

Anyways sounds like a manager thing.

And if they replied they would likely copy the manager.

[Anonymous]

Don’t address it. Just carry on.

[Anonymous]

it sounds like your colleague has issues with you and has spoken to their manager about it, and now copies the manager on correspondence to either a. get you to stop doing whatever it is you were doing that made colleague's life hard or b. demonstrate issues to said manager so they can intervene with your manager and also so they can understand their report's blockers (you being the blocker).