“I can see from your Out of Office that you’re on holiday, but...”

[Richard]

No one is indispensable in a company. The higher you are the more quickly and easily replaced folk get.

you lot are too easy to wind up.

Hope you all have a lovely bank holiday off !!

I will, because I won't be checking my emails. The work phone goes off when I get home and it only goes back on when I'm next in the office. I like to have a team that can cope whilst I'm out so I don't have to worry

Apple do this thing, where when you clock out of work, your emails stop coming to your inbox.

It’s about what’s expected, isn’t it? If the entire company don’t expect you to be contactable, they don’t expect you to be contactable...

[Gwaredd]

I love going away and not checking in. Nothing is more important than my holiday.

[unzippy]

Go fuck yourself. I’m not replying. See you in September.

So why waste your time opening and reading?

[simon_g]

I don’t check anything whilst on holiday, when I get back I Delete All

Delightful

Yep, although I file away in a folder for a month before deleting. My OOF has backup contacts and says if it needs my attention, please resend after my return date.

Work are getting stingy on mobile phones, they used to offer £35/month for opting out and using your own. Now it's manager justification for you having a phone, else you have to expense an itemised bill with calls marked (no allowance for data) if you use your own. I'm planning to remove work comms apps from my phone entirely and stick to using them on my laptop only.

[mik]

Yep, although I file away in a folder for a month before deleting. My OOF has backup contacts and says if it needs my attention, please resend after my return date.

What is OOF?

[NotoriousREV]

Yep, although I file away in a folder for a month before deleting. My OOF has backup contacts and says if it needs my attention, please resend after my return date.

What is OOF?

Out of Foffice.

[NotoriousREV]

And despite my best efforts, I ended up getting dragged into work stuff because people are idiots that can’t do as they’re fucking told. 1 conf call and 3 hours work later...

[GG.]

And despite my best efforts, I ended up getting dragged into work stuff because people are idiots that can’t do as they’re fucking told. 1 conf call and 3 hours work later...

Oh well. At least you now don't come back to find they'd fucked up whatever it is they were supposed to be handling.

[NotoriousREV]

It was more someone (not in my team) doing something they were specifically told to ensure never happens again. Caused a fucking shitstorm, which was why they were told not to do it in the first place.

[NotoriousREV]

Oh, and the best bit is the number of “whilst you’re onlime can you just...” emails

[JLv3.0]

And despite my best efforts, I ended up getting dragged into work stuff because people are idiots that can’t do as they’re fucking told. 1 conf call and 3 hours work later...

So this thread was all for nothing then

[Rich B]

Sounds like bad management.

[JLv3.0]

Go fuck yourself. I’m not replying. See you in September.

[NotoriousREV]

Sounds like bad management.

Which is exactly what I told the managers and the Exec responsible. They need to sort their shit out.

[Rich B]

Sounds like bad management.

Which is exactly what I told the managers and the Exec responsible. They need to sort their shit out.

i meant your holiday.

[NotoriousREV]

I have literally no idea what that means but OK little buddy.

[tim]

I was fixing somebody elses deployment fvck up via Teamviewer on my phone whilst having lunch in the Eurotunnel terminal at the start of the month. Fun times...

[nuttinnew]

^ Was that when the tunnel was fvcked up with 7hr+ delays and the weather was v hot? Bad enough anyway.

[tim]

No for once there was only half hour delay!

[simon_g]

Yep, although I file away in a folder for a month before deleting. My OOF has backup contacts and says if it needs my attention, please resend after my return date.

What is OOF?

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/exc ... ot-an-ooo/

I've always referred to it as that, but then I've been working with Microsoft Exchange (and working at Microsoft partners) for way too long.