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My strategy is to just wait a bit and not respond immediately, to see if they get the message that their initial greeting was useless, and then post what they a
by andersco 6y ago
My strategy is to just wait a bit and not respond immediately, to see if they get the message that their initial greeting was useless, and then post what they actually have to say.
- xuhu 6y agoThat must work great with your bosses.
- kapran0s 6y agoI do not have bosses per se. The top of the company does not need to address anything to me because the power is very well decentralized. And even if my PO or PM talks directly to me, they just request it in the same message as they greet.
- politelemon 6y agoI have attempted this several times with varying degrees of failure. In some cases, the sender deleted the hello, and then attempted another hello later. In some cases, the sender would wait a few hours and say hello again, or some just email me instead (they must have assumed I am not available). In one exceptional case, I waited 2 days before saying "hello" back, and they then immediately continued the conversation as though no abnormal communication gap had occurred.
- jghn 6y agoA lot of people at DayJob do the "Hi" thing, waiting for a response. Like you, I just don't respond.