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Nice idea but the big problem I can see is that nobody will want to vote their bosses emails as a waste of time. Also in large corporations a lot of long emails
by jiggy2011 13y ago
Nice idea but the big problem I can see is that nobody will want to vote their bosses emails as a waste of time.
Also in large corporations a lot of long emails will be sent that relate to company policies etc that nobody reads in practice but the purpose of the email is that it protects the company in the event that an employee says they were not aware of policy X.
- raldi 13y ago> Nice idea but the big problem I can see is that nobody will want to vote their bosses emails as a waste of time. Are you kidding? That's the whole point! Presumably, the boss allowing it in the first place is a signal that they're interested in this feedback from their employees.
- jiggy2011 13y agoYes and no, corporate politics is a minefield and often subtle.
- einhverfr 13y agoI think you have two issues here. The first is that in a larger business there are a significant number of messages that get sent out as a matter of corporate policy that don't get the attention management thinks they should. Quite possibly email is not the best approach to these, but telling management that the email was a waste of time is going to make no friends, especially if there are legal reasons for the announcements. The second problem is that there are managers who do send out de facto spam and probably could use the feedback.
- tomblomfield 13y agoIf the feedback is anonymous, I'd certainly vote my boss's email down.
- diasks2 13y agoWell, hopefully your boss does not read HN.