Out of office auto reply when you are working: is this a new thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People have lost their minds and expect a reply from everything in five minutes.

Some of us have meetings or other work folks!

This idea is genius and I may use it, to let people know I have many different projects and I will return their email or message when I have time.

For all that is holy, do not generate an auto reply (and thus add MORE email traffic to the overall din) to notify people that you aren’t checking messages because you are the loo or whatever.

Don’t reply until a reasonable time. People will learn from the pattern.

[Anonymous]

None of these people are being promoted, most probably don’t want to anyway.

If there is a recession with layoffs, I think they moved themselves up the list. Risky moves, jobs won’t always be easy to get with leverage on the employee side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:None of these people are being promoted, most probably don’t want to anyway.

If there is a recession with layoffs, I think they moved themselves up the list. Risky moves, jobs won’t always be easy to get with leverage on the employee side.

I'm so sick of my job, especially when it is summer and beautiful outside, I almost want to do it. I'm ready to be laid off, especially if a nice severance package is a possibility.

[Anonymous]

I do it often, but would never admit it. As far as my clients know, I'm OOO.

[Anonymous]

Crazy! Your boss must email you, imagine as the boss seeing this. I email people 2 or 3 levels below me when I need info, I would be pissed if something didn’t get done that was a rush.

The top people make 1000s of dollars an hour, imagine they can’t get something done because a mid level person put an email like this. Would get fired instantly at my company, their boss may get fired as well for letting it go.