When you’ve finally powered your way through that seemingly endless to-do list and are ready to check out of work-mode once and for all, there’s one final thing you need to take care of: Setting your out-of-office response.
Need inspiration? Here are five out-of-office message examples from the career development site guaranteed to spread holiday cheer professionally:
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Website: https://blog.exclaimer.com/announce-your-christmas-opening-hours-in-your-email-signature/
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She may want to talk to her IT folks to see if they can help her switch this around.
I followed all the steps listed and can’t make this work for my iPhone 6s. Any suggestions?
Website: https://www.ringcentral.com/us/en/blog/tuesday-tip-set-up-a-custom-holiday-announcement/
I hate to break it to you, but I’m on annual leave until [end date] and will have limited access to my emails until then.
I’ll be enjoying this year’s holiday season from [DATE] until [DATE]. For general inquiries about [DEPARTMENT/ROLE], please email [CONTACT NAME]. If this isn’t time sensitive, feel free to resend this email in [MONTH] once I’m regularly checking emails again. All the best.
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I think in an industry/company culture where that kind of responsiveness is expected/normal, that makes a lot of sense!
Website: https://www.weavehelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360060999791-Listening-to-Voicemail-Messages
In the Settings panel, select “Automatic replies,” then click “Turn on automatic replies.”
However, some people may have inboxes that require a week to manage after vacation. Others do not read all the emails sent in this period. In these special cases, indicate when the reader should actually expect a response or request they re-send their email on the return date.
This is too much. If someone said something like “I’m at the beach until Jan 5!” instead of “I’m out of the office until Jan 5,” I’d appreciate the slight personal touch. But don’t share too much. We just need to know that you’re not gonna answer our email for a while.
But what should you do to keep the message informative, engaged and maybe a little festive?