Other than that, I keep it simple like most folks here, but back in my younger days I had one that started something like “I am out of the office on vacation until (date). I will not be checking emails, voicemails, (work queue system), or generally thinking about this place at all…”
For non-urgent inquiries, I will return your message as soon as I get back in the office.
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Not me, but a friend of mine once received an OOO that simply said “I am having an out-of-office experience.”
Top of the iceberg though. Oh, and she also works with external contacts, including prospective clients.
They weren’t saying that’s the entirety of their message, just that that’s the phrase they’re using instead of ‘out of office’
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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.
An autoresponder email message is required to be created, especially for email marketing purposes. If you are planning a vacation or go out of the office, the autoresponder email message is needed.
Notice of Office Closure for Holiday for Whole Day/ Early Closing It is always advisable that the notice of any holiday, when the office will remain closed, should be given well in advance - so that no employee is put to inconvenience of coming to the office on a day when it is closed.
And… it’s playing in the background as I write this email. Guess what? I’m on vacation! And I do love my occupation.
I had a colleague who simply never answered her phone or set up her voicemail. She still listed the number on her business card and email .sig, she just never answered or checked voicemail. When she took a new job another colleague inherited her phone number and when he went to set up his voicemail there were basically eight years’ worth of messages left for her that he had to delete.
2. 2 The Fruitcake. Greetings, Did you know that emails during the holidays are a lot like fruitcakes? Nobody really wants them, but a lot of people end up receiving them, anyhow.
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Found it! (Reddit’s own search functionality is garbage, but it’s so easy to google for reddit posts, thankfully)
Plus the world of technology has moved on from answering machines (which is all voice mail is) so… nice vintage projector you got there
I didn’t like it either. The implication seems be be that the person can’t trust their colleagues to know what to do if they are not around.