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One thing I've eventually managed to learn after failing at it many, many times is that in the vast majority of cases an email can only say one thing; if you tr
by tempestn 2y ago
One thing I've eventually managed to learn after failing at it many, many times is that in the vast majority of cases an email can only say one thing; if you try to ask multiple questions, or give multiple pieces of information, best case people will actually read one of them. Worst case it'll overwhelm and they'll ignore the whole thing.
It's obviously different if you know the recipient and that they're able to handle more, but my default assumption is that people will read the first 1-3 sentences of an email, so I do my best to keep it to that, and if I have more to say I'll make a note to myself for once they reply.
- rvba 2y agoAll those complicated recruitment processes and companies cannot hire peoppe who know how to read...
- tempestn 2y agoI think it's more a matter of people being overworked, so they just skim and answer the first thing that pops out. Or in some cases it may even be strategic, like in a negotiation, ignoring the parts that aren't beneficial to answer, while still responding.
- mlboss 2y agoIts information overload. Everybody is super busy with 10,000 things to care of. My approach to repeat again and again. No hard feelings.
- pixl97 2y ago>n after failing at it many, many times is that in the vast majority of cases an email can only say one thing; This sounds much. Quite often I have to send people complicated lists of instructions to complete a task. Around half the time the remote party only does the first step. With this type of user I've started removing the top entry on the list and sending the first email. Around the 4th time I do this the user tends to catch on and completes the original list of instructions solving the problem at hand.