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If it's important enough to not tolerate a 72-hour delay, email is a completely inappropriate medium through which it should be communicated. A competent worker
by bregma 6y ago
If it's important enough to not tolerate a 72-hour delay, email is a completely inappropriate medium through which it should be communicated. A competent worker would certainly be aware of that.
The medium is part of the message. Avoid sending the wrong message.
- ggrrhh_ta 6y agoWhat would the proper way be?
- mschuster91 6y agoIf it's urgent, drop a call.
- ghaff 6y agoOf course, plenty of people here would toss a fit if someone were to call their phone. It's also worth noting that your perceived crisis may not be my crisis.
- bregma 6y agoThere is a clear heirarchy of media ordered by immediacy. - face-to-face - phone call - text messaging (through whatever: SMS, IRC, message flavour of the month...) - email - longhand on stationery Note that immediacy and importance are orthogonal.
- cujo 6y agoIf you don't want to use email, fine. But this is work, not your personal jollies. I'm sure this guy would have pitched a fit if the people below him decided not to see him in person until they ran 3 laps around the building, or whatever ridiculous requirement they dreamt up.