My European colleagues get an extended summer holiday all at the same time, which means we get OOO notes like this:
You should avoid technical jargons Avoid complex vocabulary that creates confusion Maintain a friendly tone
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I have always said that I’m taking annual leave so that still applies for me – but that’s pretty standard for my company.
I think my personal VM still says, “Ahoy, ahoy!” In my best Mr. Burns voice. I’m a woman.
She’s not sure how long that author would’ve argued with her computer until she turned it off.
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An out of office message shows your professionalism by informing others of your unavailability. Such messages generally include an apology for the inconvenience, a reason for not replying right away, the time the receiver can expect a response and an alternative person they can contact if there is something urgent.
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It is absolutely no one’s business why you are out! “Extended leave” is more than sufficient.
I’ve had several co-workers over the years use “at my earliest convenience” and it’s always rubbed me the wrong way. It just sounds kind of dismissive like, “I don’t care when you need it, I’ll get to it when I get to it.”
There was a lot of pushback on this, discussion about how big a risk was that really anyway, people saying that John could word his out of office in such a way that people didn’t have to know he was actually away, and if something really was an emergency people would like to know that they have the opportunity to “direct queries to Sam or Dean” so they could be actioned, or make the judgement call that something could wait for John to return.
Oh, it’s part of a much larger set of problems. He will put in the subject line “don’t read until Monday,” also not understanding that when I say I do not look at my email on my off days, I really do not see them, because I don’t open my work email out of work. And that I have a personal email account, that is not my work account?
Hey, I am currently out of office. If something urgent comes up, you can email [name and email]. Kind regards.
I should add that I actually WISH I got more exciting OOO messages and/or that I felt like I could be more exciting with mine!
I’ve only seen it used for certain roles – usually admin-type ones – where people are fielding a significant amount of requests, so the potential vacation backlog could become prohibative and discourage people from taking time off.
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