How to write an OOO email that keeps co-workers from bothering you
If your co-workers are emailing you with timely requests while you’re on vacation, you might be writing your out-of-office email wrong, says Brandon Smith, a career coach known as The Workplace Therapist.
A simple message like, “I’ll be OOO until [insert date] with limited access to email,” can be easy to shrug off. Instead, Smith recommends including a personal detail. This can set a stronger boundary and help you elicit more guilt from whoever dares cross it.
Smith suggests the following format, as an example:?
“I’m going to be on a family vacation on [insert dates]. If you need immediate assistance, please contact [information of colleague]”
This approach gets the point across without being too long or divulging too much personal information.?
From "repeated reminders" to "not picking up calls, no matter how 'quick' you think it will be," Smith offers a few additional tips on how to execute vacation boundaries, in the?full story.
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