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Whenever I get passive aggressive or otherwise ambiguous emails like that I just ignore it. If it's important, they'll follow up.
by doopy-loopy2 6y ago
Whenever I get passive aggressive or otherwise ambiguous emails like that I just ignore it.
If it's important, they'll follow up.
- BrandonWatson 6y agoYeah, I'm wish it were that simple with the Bezos emails. :)
- benatkin 6y agoIt's simple if you've made the decision not to work for FAAMG.
- syntheticnature 6y agoSo, no Netflix, and who's M?
- doctor_eval 6y ago...Microsoft?
- albntomat0 6y agoI'd guess Microsoft?
- dekhn 6y agomicrosoft? it seems like a better grouping.
- bickeringyokel 6y agoMakes more sense than Netflix
- corndoge 6y agoMongoDB
- benatkin 6y agoMeteor
- asfgininio 6y agoIt depends on how much your dignity is worth to you. You couldn't pay me to lick Bezos's boots, and I don't think any person should be expected to do so. Apparently you hold yourself in less esteem than I do.
- devit 6y agoDoes he have a reminder setup or human assistant to check for answers to the "?" mails? Someone who can't be bothered to type more than "?" might not bother to check for an answer either.
- mdgrech23 6y agoWould not recommend doing that if the email is coming from the CEO.
- tenebrisalietum 6y agoOP might be the CEO.
- raverbashing 6y agoYeah it will probably get you a corresponding passive-aggressive pink-slip in a short time
- freetanga 6y agoA few years back I realized “Del” was the most valuable key while using my email client. Corporate is full of people looking to create friction as a mean to justify their existence. As we say in my home country, “if you want something you talk to the Circus owner, not to the clowns...” Would not apply in this case however...
- sqrt17 6y agoA "?" email is a result of exactly that - one of the clowns made an unfunny joke and the customer went to the circus owner.
- jasonv 6y agoI think in this case, the "From:" is the "it's important" part and the "?" is the "What's up with this?" part. I've been a CEO and CTO, but usually in <100 employee companies, so as busy as I might've been, I could ask, "What's up with this?" I think among all his possible sins, at Amazon scale, "?" itself wouldn't rank super high.
- sheeshkebab 6y agoIt’s a passive aggressive and unprofessional - you don’t want your employees talking to each other this way, so don’t start it either.
- stepstop 6y agoIs it though? He only has one side of the story so the (?) is asking for the other side of the story (which they might not be aware of). How do you do it as a CEO?
- wondringaloud 6y agoYou spell out your question like a human being, to treat the other human being with respect.
- throwaway2048 6y agoAre you kidding this is the HN dream, being a billionaire while being able to force people to bend over backwards for you while you deliver derisive snark.
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- nicoburns 6y agoI'd actually prefer to recieve '?' because it allows me to respond with what I consider relevant. As someone unfamiliar with the details of the topic, he's unlikely to know what's relevant, so specific questions are likely to be more of a distraction than anything.
- jariel 6y ago'?' is not passive aggressive, it's just not very informative. CEO's are busy, if the mail is short, that's ok.