Page 1 of 1
Email
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 6:57 pm
by Simon
I'm 2 days into my week off work... Trying to get a few things done around the house.
By chance I glanced at my work phone earlier - 88 unread emails! 88 in 2 days! And that's not 88 nonsense irrelevant emails - I have Exchange rules setup to move and mark as read emails for distribution lists I'm on - That's 88 emails that have either been sent to me directly or copied to me, and thus will require my attention when I go back next week. At the current rate there'll be over new 200 emails in my inbox next Monday.
People have been too happy to just send an email and copy in everyone and anyone nowadays. And I note that a few have ignored my OOO message and have emailed me as if I'm in the office or gonna respond. Give me strength.
Re: Email
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:23 pm
by NotoriousREV
I get 55 a day on average, not including the several hundred that get shuffled off into other folders. I just ignore the vast majority of them now, there’s no possible way for me to actually start to read them all, never mind action anything. We have much more effective ways in place to get things done so the ignoring of email is a known thing.
You know you’ll get a shitload of abuse from people who think you’re doing it wrong soon, right?
Re: Email
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:50 pm
by Simon
Oh yeah, following the last thread on the subject I'm fully prepared for it.
Re: Email
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:09 pm
by DeskJockey
Ignore the work phone. Best advice I can offer.
Re: Email
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:23 pm
by Beany
I've got a long weekend this weekend. Booked months in advance.
Everyone in our small company knows this is one of the *very* rare times I take time off outside of Christmas, where it's mandatory.
I still expect to be bollocked when I get back for not doing non on-call stuff (I'm permanently on call because, well, minimum viable staff is how we run things) like checking whether we're running google ads and updating number ranges on our telecoms platform, etc.
I do now have something more of a 'chuck it in the "fuck it" bucket' attitude these days thanks to prescription chemical embellishment however, so the above will probably happen, I just won't worry about it overly.
I'm not the stupid fucker who decided to run an entire telecoms company with only one member if technical staff, so it's not my fucking problem....
Re: Email
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 5:43 pm
by Orange Cola
Your emails will not be read or forwarded. If you need a response then please re-send when I have returned.
Very few will re-send.
Re: Email
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:43 am
by Brannen
I've just got back from a week off and had 740 emails! I thought it was a joke when I looked at my work phone this morning.
I've deleted most of them, as I cba to read through them.
Re: Email
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:56 am
by mik
It is no longer possible to keep up with all my emails- despite setting up rules and shizzle.
Re: Email
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 10:02 am
by NotoriousREV
Brannen wrote: Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:43 am
I've just got back from a week off and had 740 emails! I thought it was a joke when I looked at my work phone this morning.
I've deleted most of them, as I cba to read through them.
Quite often, when I get back off holiday, I take everything in my Inbox and stick it in an archive folder and start again from scratch.
Re: Email
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:58 pm
by JonMad
NotoriousREV wrote: Mon Nov 05, 2018 10:02 am
Brannen wrote: Mon Nov 05, 2018 9:43 am
I've just got back from a week off and had 740 emails! I thought it was a joke when I looked at my work phone this morning.
I've deleted most of them, as I cba to read through them.
Quite often, when I get back off holiday, I take everything in my Inbox and stick it in an archive folder and start again from scratch.
That's not a bad idea. My inbox is several thousand unread emails (maybe read and then marked as unread again if it's something that might come up again or need following up on) and a few read and replied to ones.
Re: Email
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:33 pm
by Jimmy Choo
Where I am at the moment deletes emails at 30 days unless you move them into another folder, when it's I think 12 months.
One of the great things about contracting is that I go away for a week and have under 100 emails to delete... err... review on my return.
This is also a good time to tell my favorite out of office story. I was made redundant 2 weeks after my youngest son was born. I had two weeks of paternity and then never had to come back. My out of office was "I'm now out of the office on paternity leave and will not be returning. If you need to contact me... well, why would you need to contact me if I'm being made redundant?"
Apparently the HR guy was very amused and was laughing as he told IT to get rid of it.
Re: Email
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:29 pm
by Brian_T
Beany wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:23 pm
I'm not the stupid fucker who decided to run an entire telecoms company with only one member if technical staff, so it's not
my fucking problem....
Similarly, I’m the only person in my role in my company and, despite raising the issue on a frequent basis, there’s little to no backup for if/when I’m out of circulation. Which has the result that I’m never
really out of circulation.
At least I get compensated for it.
Re: Email
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 7:18 pm
by Beany
Brian_T wrote: Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:29 pm
Beany wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:23 pm
I'm not the stupid fucker who decided to run an entire telecoms company with only one member if technical staff, so it's not
my fucking problem....
Similarly, I’m the only person in my role in my company and, despite raising the issue on a frequent basis, there’s little to no backup for if/when I’m out of circulation. Which has the result that I’m never
really out of circulation.
At least I get compensated for it.
Wish I fucking did, arf.
Re: Email
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 10:57 pm
by unzippy
Brian_T wrote: Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:29 pm
Beany wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:23 pm
I'm not the stupid fucker who decided to run an entire telecoms company with only one member if technical staff, so it's not
my fucking problem....
Similarly, I’m the only person in my role in my company and, despite raising the issue on a frequent basis, there’s little to no backup for if/when I’m out of circulation. Which has the result that I’m never
really out of circulation.
At least I get compensated for it.
It seems the pair of you are making this your issue.
By being constantly available, your encouraging your employers bad practices.
Re: Email
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 11:06 pm
by DeskJockey
unzippy wrote: Thu Nov 08, 2018 10:57 pm
Brian_T wrote: Thu Nov 08, 2018 6:29 pm
Beany wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:23 pm
I'm not the stupid fucker who decided to run an entire telecoms company with only one member if technical staff, so it's not
my fucking problem....
Similarly, I’m the only person in my role in my company and, despite raising the issue on a frequent basis, there’s little to no backup for if/when I’m out of circulation. Which has the result that I’m never
really out of circulation.
At least I get compensated for it.
It seems the pair of you are making this your issue.
By being constantly available, your encouraging your employers bad practices.
This!
Re: Email
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:18 am
by Simon
^^That.
Re: Email
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 3:30 pm
by Simon
First day back after a two week break. 292 emails (the ones I haven't auto-filed using Outlook Rules etc). Down to 25 now after a day in meetings and on calls.
I'm seriously considering change my out-of-office message to simply "Fatal Error - User Unknown".
Re: Email
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 3:35 pm
by mik
Simon wrote: Mon May 20, 2019 3:30 pm
I'm seriously considering change my out-of-office message to simply "Fatal Error - User Unknown"
“Drive reformatting will commence in 2 minutes”
Re: Email
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 4:01 pm
by ste
I remember email.
Honestly though, I hardly use it in my current roles. Contractual stuff, maybe. Everything else seems to come from external customers so I just ignore it. Communicate almost entirely on Slack, Webex or Skype.
Re: Email
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 5:35 pm
by Barry
Similar numbers per day here and same response when I return from leave, all marked as read, anything important will get raised again.
As for copying everyone in, it's used as an arse covering exercise these days I find, "you were on the email" when things go tits up. I'm on most emails FFS..