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> Sending out company newsletters seems like a nice way to let everyone know what the company is up to. Not sure how you go from that to reminding lowly enginee
by ThePadawan 4y ago
> Sending out company newsletters seems like a nice way to let everyone know what the company is up to. Not sure how you go from that to reminding lowly engineers of their "insignificance".
I agree with both you and parent.
I've enjoyed getting a monthly newsletter by email in past jobs, letting me know "hey so we just signed a contract with a client that is twice as big as the biggest one we've had so far". Makes sense - I'm not the one to be greatly inspired by something like that, but it's good for perspective.
I've also worked at a company where every single salesperson was allowed and encouraged to email all@company.com whenever they closed a sale. This was around 3 times a week.
Not terrible - however, everyone in the company was also officially encouraged to "congratulate" any such "successful sales" emails with "encouraging words" such as simply adding "Congrats!" and hitting "Reply All".
The head count at this company was around 400.
I wish I was kidding.
I think I lasted 3 days before I created a filter rule in my email client.
- Yahivin 4y agoI hope the filter rule auto-replied "Congrats!" and archived the thread :)
- ThePadawan 4y agoThankfully, I was not part of sales. But looking back (I have left this company since then), I believe your strategy would have genuinely had a positive effect on any employee's career path.