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Feb 28, 2021
10:21:04pm

WP17 Truly Addicted User

Say you were too busy to respond at the time 😉

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Originally posted on Feb 28, 2021 at 10:21:04pm

Message modified by WP17 on Feb 28, 2021 at 10:21:14pm

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WP17

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If you send out emails on Sunday night that could be sent out Monday morning

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

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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