I’ll be back in the office on 7/19 and will happily respond then. Have a great weekend! Holiday Out-of-Office Messages 10. “Holiday revelry and debauchery ahead. Proceed with caution (if you dare).”
Your ooo also serves to let people know when they can expect you to reply yourself. If that’s not a concern, then I guess you don’t need one.
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Same. All you need to know is I am not available and you are not going to hear from me until such and such date and contact so and so if you need something sooner.
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It’s kind of a ridiculous OOO anyway since by the time I get it from you, I have already sent my email.
An out-of-office message is an automatic response to emails you receive that lets the sender know you’re not currently working.
I do that for most cases. Occasionally I’ll change it to “I’m out of the country and will not have phone or email access.”
Then, all that’s left to do is turn it on before you abandon your desk, and get prepared for a relaxing holiday break—without feeling the need to be constantly tethered to your inbox.
I struggle with naming a contact too. My current job doesn’t really have emergencies, so while my second in command could handle stuff I normally would, should she have to? Also, 98% of the people that would get my OOO would know who to go to anyway if they actually needed something urgent. I hate to make someone else’s life harder for my own convenience when it’s not even needed.
Your out-of-office message needs to set expectations around communication. First, provide information about when you’ll return. Misner suggests giving yourself an extra date to catch up.
This would go over like a lead balloon at my company, and, were that person on my team, I’d tell them to change it. It does have a connotation of “when I feel like it” about it, and most of my team is not high enough up the food chain to take that sort of stance (and the ones who are high enough up are client-facing and have the good sense not to do so).
Rather than sounding like a boring email robot, you could add a funny tone to your letter. Use a GIF or a meme to joke about what you’re doing on vacation, but remember not to go overboard.
I go with “offline” or “away” (away…to my couch). I like closing the door, though!
Thanks for your email. I’m currently out of the office, returning on [date]. I’ll respond to your message then.
That’s how I feel about OOO for when I’m only gone one workday. Very rarely am I dealing with anything that can’t wait 2 business days. I only set up OOO replies if I’ll be gone longer.
They happen when you have at least two auto-reply systems set to respond to every single email that somehow start messaging each other.
Additionally, you can reference a person in charge of your business while you are way: