Website: https://purelovemessages.com/office-closed-for-holiday-message-template/
Top of the iceberg though. Oh, and she also works with external contacts, including prospective clients.
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11) Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99 for the first ten words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message.
Once I got an auto reply from a stakeholder on a project that said something to the effect of “Thanks for contacting me. Due to the large volume of email I receive, I don’t read them all. If I haven’t responded within 3 business days, please try again.”
An old boss had a pet peeve about this so I became very conscious of making sure that I listed out who to contact on what day… before the group email. So it looked something like this:
Please note that all our branches will be closed from [date] to [date]. We will reopen on [date]. We wish you all the best holiday!
A former coworker used to always include a kitten picture when she submitted invoices.
The one from “Central Intelligence” with the Rock that I love is is (paraphrasing) :
Do you know what we’re doing too much of? We’re working too much, and we think too seriously about ourselves while doing it. That’s why including a joke or something fun in your out of office message could be so powerful.
Much obliged to you for your email but our office will remain closed due to upcoming holidays. Unfortunately, due to this, we will not be able to send you an answer until 12-01-20XX. In case of emergency, you can send your queries to Ms. Medley at [website], she will answer all your queries. All delays are hereby regretted.
As you may have noticed, the holiday season is around the corner. We hope that you and your family are safe and in happy holiday spirits!
The boss’s thinking was that people who did drivebys looking for you would then email you, see your OOO, and then be able to call you to talk about whatever they were driving by for. No one liked putting their personal contact info so we never worked from home (pre-COVID and pre-VOIP implementation) or told people to IM us and we’d call them.
Out of office emails should be short, succinct, and to the point – and should never include more information than is needed.
Same. I also have a version that is customer facing/external and one that is internal. My coworkers get a little more info.
I’d add a little more detail to your message just to make it clear what will happen in your inbox. “If I don’t hear otherwise, I’ll assume that your issue was handled by my colleague” or “Please cc me if you contact Jane, and I’ll check back in on my return if I think your issue is still open.”
You can contact my colleagues from our different departments regarding the following cases :
This. I’m surprised more people dont havent mentioned this, but this has always been my back to work routine – and sometimes if vacations overlapped, I’d find a summary email of “While you were away, X,Y,Z happened, I covered A, but you might want to check on B and C” which was always very helpful.