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Feb 28, 2021
9:58
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Gustav
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Sounds like an amateur — a pro would set it to send while he's asleep
Read once that Ted Cruz's colleagues from earlier years were convinced he would do that, to appear more productive late at night.
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If you send out emails on Sunday night that could be sent out Monday morning
4th and Niner
2/28/21 9:49pm
I need to stop checking them on Sunday night :-\
zonacougar
2/28/21 9:50pm
I have a colleague that I work closely with that will send me emails in the
zonacougar
2/28/21 9:55pm
Options. 1) delay delivery. 2) save it on drafts and send on Monday morning or
Acorn
3/1/21 7:48am
Upper management loves showing they work on weekends though.
Chefcurry
2/28/21 9:53pm
How else do you get to upper management? People have to know you are working.
Lance71
2/28/21 9:56pm
If only he knew about the delay send option.
El Presidente
2/28/21 9:58pm
Doesn't really work because you have to respond if others respond with questions
Lance71
2/28/21 10:03pm
Say you were too busy to respond at the time 😉
WP17
2/28/21 10:21pm
Sounds like an amateur — a pro would set it to send while he's asleep
Gustav
2/28/21 9:58pm
I'm sure that's true about a lot of people. Some of just send emails out when we
fattycoug
2/28/21 10:24pm
RE: I'm sure that's true about a lot of people. Some of just send emails out
yahtzee
2/28/21 10:34pm
Good recent article on that topic by Cal Newport:
Gustav
2/28/21 9:57pm
I don’t understand this. Nobody is expecting a response on Sunday night, and
garyfan
2/28/21 9:58pm
I’ve been in training where people suggest that we only email during work hours,
garyfan
2/28/21 10:03pm
I honestly just got a work email as I was typing these posts.
garyfan
2/28/21 10:07pm
Even if people don’t respond in the moment, they think about how they may
Hambone
2/28/21 10:10pm
I’ve considered the “schedule send” option, but I just think so little of the
garyfan
2/28/21 10:16pm
Seems like a you problem, answer on Monday morning. Not a big deal.
jrob30
2/28/21 9:59pm
I always get emails over the weekend, and I never respond until Monday. Once you begin answering them, people think
Texas Hammer
2/28/21 10:03pm
Our culture is curious that way . I hear it is different in other countries
Slim
2/28/21 10:12pm
I work a lot of nights, weekends and holidays so I often have weekdays off. But I’ll get email from people that work a
Slim
2/28/21 10:10pm
Usually my mind is most free and ready on Sunday night
Heath Squashwell
2/28/21 10:12pm
I tell my team that if you are consistently sending me emails on the weekend or
Tare
2/28/21 10:54pm
I sometimes will send emails to colleagues in New Zealand.
mobomanjoe
2/28/21 11:05pm
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