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I hate to be cynical but it seems like doing this is just saying, "I am more important than the people who send me email, so I will place the burden of tracking
by JamisonM 15y ago
I hate to be cynical but it seems like doing this is just saying, "I am more important than the people who send me email, so I will place the burden of tracking my schedule on them."
The other interpretation of this is that his email inbox is generally full of useless dreck that does not matter all that much to either him or the sender.
Perhaps the success of this experiment says more about the kind of email he receives than it does about the general applicability of the experiment itself.
- Bo102010 15y agoIn my experience, having an e-mail hit your inbox doesn't necessarily mean that you're the most important recipient. At work I may be on the CC list for a number of ongoing e-mail threads - usually they don't require any input from me, but I might have to read through them to determine whether this is the case. These types of e-mails will fill up your inbox, but don't quite sink to the level of "useless dreck," but sometimes you can legitimately say that your time is currently too important to spend sifting through lots of e-mail.
- JamisonM 15y agoI think you kind of missed my point, for example if you are on the cc list for a series of emails that you are not directly involved in this strategy assumes that instead of you taking responsibility for catching up on this interaction when you return one or more people that are a part of this interaction need to take on that responsibility for you. This is effectively making them serve you in order to have your attention after you return from vacation. That strikes me as casting yourself as more important than everyone else (not with respect to the interaction but as a person and/or employee).