Oh shoot. You need something and I’m unavailable today. Here’s the good news: you have options.
With these tips, you’ll be able to write your next auto-reply message, for holidays or other reasons.
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Of course he presumably meant working on a trial – yay for regional preposition differences!
i’m just waiting for the inevitable “Believe it or not, ___ isn’t at work. where could i beeee?” a la Seinfeld
As long as you’ve covered the basics—dates of your absence and who to contact in your absence—you should be good to go.
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Two to three sentences is usually enough to tell recipients everything they need to know.
I have nothing against part-time staff. But, if they only work until 4 PM until 5 PM, then the OOTO replies aren’t as helpful. If we had staff that only worked on certain days, then knowing that it may be more than one business day before a reply would be useful.
I can just about see having two OOOs: one for the actual leave time, and one for the first day you are back in the office, so people are aware you are digging yourself out of the emails and to please call or IM if it is time-sensitive.
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However, I will be taking periodic breaks from binge-watching everything I’ve missed to check my email [once per day/every evening/occasionally] while I’m away.
Leaving an email without a responder can appear unprofessional, lose potential business and, worst of all, make you look like Scrooge!
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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.”