8) I am currently out of the office. I have a cell phone, but I will not be giving the number out. If you can guess the number, however, I will take your call.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year [or any variation on these salutations].
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Yes – it’s become a stock phrase that people think sounds polite but they’re not grasping the nuance of it.
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.”
For example, if you don’t clearly state the dates you’ll be gone, your office coworkers and clients might send you multiple emails, clogging your inbox and making it difficult for you to catch up when you're back. And if you don’t include the name and contact information in your outgoing message for the coworkers who can help in your absence, your well-earned vacation time might get in the way of ongoing projects at the company.
Website: https://oit.colorado.edu/services/voice-communications/voicemail/manage-greetings
Voicemail is also horrible for non-native speakers. I’m reasonably fluent in German but have to listen to voicemails at least 3 times to get everything. Why people can’t just type a text message is beyond me.
It makes a positive difference when you create auto reply messages that adhere to the basic elements of personalized messages followed with greetings.
We also had to reply to any emails we received within 4 hours. Even if we didn’t have an answer.
Website: https://www.mail-signatures.com/articles/free-christmas-email-signatures/
Out of Office Out of Office Friday, Nov 8th – Friday, Nov 9thI’m Out Til Monday the 12th
I’ll reply to your message promptly when I return. Should you require immediate assistance, please send an email to [contact name] at [contact email] in my absence.
For all support requests/needs, please reach out to [email protected] and one of my colleagues will be happy to assist you.
Professionally, I just try to be as boring as humanly possible, except in comments embedded in code.
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.
Personally, I’d get a kick out of it, but I wouldn’t do something like that myself.