The worst one I ever received was from a coworker (senior to me, but not my manager) many years ago. I’ll paraphrase it as my memory isn’t great:
If your query is urgent you can contact my colleague, Rachael Farley, on [email protected] or call our office on 01325 778 786.
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2. Vacation Auto-Reply Email Giving Alternative Contact Person. [Your Greeting] I will be out of the office from ____ until ____. For immediate assistance please contact
I hope you’re having an A+ [week, month]. I’m out of the office at this great conference [link to the event]. It takes place on [date] at [time] in [city and location].
Like, I don’t feel confident enough to do it myself, but the OOO writer is probably a known Quirky Person and I admire that to an extent.
Your out of office message can link to testimonials from your happy clients. For those of us in travel, you could try something like:
Basics Emailing Basics E-mail Responses E-mail Requests E-mail Closings Email Examples The Customers Customer Emails Customer Phone Calls Sales Phone Calls Sales & Marketing Emails Business Marketing The Workplace People Experience People Management HR E-mails Operations Online Meetings Business Productivity Workplace Emails Business Phone Calls Job Search Emails Freelancing Sales & Marketing Sales & Marketing Emails Email Marketing Business Blogging Sales Phone Calls Social Network Messages Social Marketing Branding
I can’t agree that holding on to a request for a week or so is akin to groveling.
So what do good out-of-office messages look like? Here are a handful of examples that will help you craft the perfect out-of-office message:
I found the video funny and would actually laugh at the sense of humor in that out of office message.
6. "Hi, this is [your name]. I'm either on a call or away from my desk. Please leave your name, number, and a brief message and I'll get back to you. Thank you."
8. Remote working (COVID-19) out of office replies. Remote working has become more prevalent due to the COVID-19 pandemic, therefore increasing the need for specific out of office replies.
Greatest update to Outlook, ever. We also got this feature for our office VM, and, as a chronic forgot-to-reset-my-VMer, it’s great not to have the first line of EVERY VM my first week back be, “Hey, your OOO message is still on….”.
My trick though is to leave the out of office on for the first day after I return so folks know to expect delays while I get caught up/triage my inbox. Works for my company.
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