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Otherwise, a referral to your company’s general contact email or a simple ‘I’ll respond when I get back, stop bugging me’ should do the trick.
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With these tips, you’ll be able to write your next auto-reply message, for holidays or other reasons.
So now this email is working overtime with the flood of enquiries, spam, well-wishes, and broken hearts.
I’m away from my desk overseeing online learning. Read: I’m trying to relearn long division so I can help my fourth grader finish this worksheet and reminding my first grader how to mute his Zoom. I’ll be back online this afternoon at 4 PM to read your message.
I deal with this all day. I feel like some property management companies make their managers announce when they’re going to use the bathroom via auto-reply.
I’ve used language like “I’m out of the office at a conference” before and that doesn’t mean I’m not checking email.
I don’t think OP meant condescending to the person’s teammates so much as condescending to the reader. The person over-explains each option and I can see how it would read as ‘wow, you are really dumb and obviously need some handholding to figure out simple decision-making!’ That likely wasn’t the intent, I understand, but I get why people might take it that way.
'I’m away from my desk at the moment but will respond the moment they give me a desk' (Credit: Getty Images)
Leaving an email without a responder can appear unprofessional, lose potential business and, worst of all, make you look like Scrooge!
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I’ll get back to you when I return to civilization. Or to an area with WiFi. Or to the office on May 10th. Whichever comes first.