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Help them out by scheduling the email to be sent during business hours?

by glitcher 2y ago

CalRobert 2y ago
When did this shift happen? People shouldn’t check email when they don’t want to read it.
- glitcher 2y ago
  Often others don't behave in the same way we would or even the way we would expect. My suggestion is in the spirit of trying to offer a little help to your fellow teammates with a few extra clicks, in what seems like a very low effort compromise. I suppose it depends on your team dynamics, size, structure, etc. I work with a small, tight knit team and if I already knew someone was going to act a little neurotic with regards to a low priority weekend email, I would do the extra few clicks to make their life slightly better. In a large corporate setting maybe I would be less sympathetic, who knows.
  - fred_is_fred 2y ago
    Large corporate setting for sure and yes I ended up doing scheduled emails specifically for this person. But im not sure the original cause of why they couldn’t stop checking. I couldn’t control everyone’s emails in the whole group either.
    - CalRobert 2y ago
      I suspect it was when smart phones started defaulting to notifications for every email. A scourge.
      - CRConrad 2y ago
        But why the heck do people get work emails to their private phones in the first place? I just don't understand America. And, since this law was apparently necessary in Australia, not that either. They're both just weird.
        defrost 2y ago
        In Australia the email thing being discussed is largely a sideshow to the law that was recently passed. The behaviour of concern relates to the kind of bosses | managers that make a point of contacting employees out of hours and pressuring them to attend the office | answer questions at length, etc. It's the direct phone calls and obsessive DM's @ 2 minute intervals that being targetted - most people handle auto generated work related emails well enough, they learn to disable notifications and have muscle memory for "Dismiss".
        CalRobert 2y ago
        I completely agree. But it's not just America, this was definitely common when I was working in Ireland for Irish companies too. I was the weird one for not having Slack on my phone. So far I haven't been fired for it. But maybe I haven't been promoted either.

Help them out by scheduling the email to be sent during business hours?

CalRobert 2y ago

When did this shift happen? People shouldn’t check email when they don’t want to read it.

glitcher 2y ago
Often others don't behave in the same way we would or even the way we would expect. My suggestion is in the spirit of trying to offer a little help to your fellow teammates with a few extra clicks, in what seems like a very low effort compromise. I suppose it depends on your team dynamics, size, structure, etc. I work with a small, tight knit team and if I already knew someone was going to act a little neurotic with regards to a low priority weekend email, I would do the extra few clicks to make their life slightly better. In a large corporate setting maybe I would be less sympathetic, who knows.
- fred_is_fred 2y ago
  Large corporate setting for sure and yes I ended up doing scheduled emails specifically for this person. But im not sure the original cause of why they couldn’t stop checking. I couldn’t control everyone’s emails in the whole group either.
  - CalRobert 2y ago
    I suspect it was when smart phones started defaulting to notifications for every email. A scourge.
    - CRConrad 2y ago
      But why the heck do people get work emails to their private phones in the first place? I just don't understand America. And, since this law was apparently necessary in Australia, not that either. They're both just weird.
      - defrost 2y ago
        In Australia the email thing being discussed is largely a sideshow to the law that was recently passed. The behaviour of concern relates to the kind of bosses | managers that make a point of contacting employees out of hours and pressuring them to attend the office | answer questions at length, etc. It's the direct phone calls and obsessive DM's @ 2 minute intervals that being targetted - most people handle auto generated work related emails well enough, they learn to disable notifications and have muscle memory for "Dismiss".
      - CalRobert 2y ago
        I completely agree. But it's not just America, this was definitely common when I was working in Ireland for Irish companies too. I was the weird one for not having Slack on my phone. So far I haven't been fired for it. But maybe I haven't been promoted either.