Please leave your name, phone number, and a short message and I'll be sure to return your call. Hi, this is [your name] at [X company]. I am unavailable at the moment, but please leave your name, phone number, and the reason you’re calling, and I’ll call you right back. Hi, you’ve called [your name] at [X company].
My favorite one that I’ve heard is from TV. “You’ve reached {name}. I can’t answer. Don’t waste my time.”
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I know a lot of people who never vacation for more than a few days because the email backlog becomes incredibly stressful upon their return; this is one way to meaningfully combat that which is somewhat in the employee’s control.
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Going beyond being formal and functional with your messages, you can also add a note of festive mood to your email if you feel like being creative. To this purpose, you can adopt a lighter tone, while referencing the holiday in question.
Thank you for your note. I’m currently out of the office, returning on [date]. I’ll respond to your message then.
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until you have the client who calls, lvm, then when they don’t call back in an hour emails to complain they can never get hold of you.
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Will this work if the phone is off or in airplane mode? I’m leaving the country and I can almost guarantee someone is going to text me and then get really mad even though I told them I was leaving.
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Hi, I’m out of the office. Thank you for getting in touch. We’ll get back to you within 8 business hours.
You have options like Recents or Favorites to select based on your choice. This section will take care of the iPhone Auto Text Reply.
If you want to add a humorous spin to your vacation responder email, here’s a great idea:
Thank you for your email! I am on vacation. Vacations are not for checking email, so I won’t be doing that. Fortunately, we rarely encounter life and death situations in the world of [INDUSTRY TYPE], and aren’t we all glad for that? If you think I’m checking email because you just received an email from me, that is only because I figured out the pixies that send emails on a schedule. Really, I’m not checking email.
Try something like, "For immediate assistance, please contact Boss Name at [email protected]."
Your out of office message can link to testimonials from your happy clients. For those of us in travel, you could try something like: