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Having to work with vendors a lot it would be difficult for me to give it up. I know, they could simply email me, but the reason for the voice mail was the imme
by Shivetya 12y ago
Having to work with vendors a lot it would be difficult for me to give it up. I know, they could simply email me, but the reason for the voice mail was the immediacy of the situation. Likely if they leave one they will zip out an email, but those take more time to write than leaving a voice message.
Now I can see the reason for ditching voice mail if this is how some people are dodging responsibility. Seen that, where people will ignore calls and pretend to not be present. Instant messengers only work if they are mandatory, where I am you can simply leave it off so again your "not there". Many email programs can block return receipts.
So what problem are they really trying to solve?
- glesica 12y agoThe problem is that voicemail is obnoxious to use and pretty pointless. The last company I worked for, I didn't even have a phone number, let alone voicemail. If someone needed something they could use an asynchronous form of communication, like email or IM (we were required to use Hipchat). The last job I had where I had voicemail I refused to check it. Not because I was dodging work, but because listening to long, rambling voicemails is time-consuming and irritating. I can skim through a rambling email very, very quickly to get the information I need. I can also search my old emails quickly and easily. Neither of those things is true for voicemail.
- marcosdumay 12y ago> Likely if they leave one they will zip out an email, but those take more time to write than leaving a voice message. That's exactly the problem. Voice mail has the wrong kind of contract - it takes very little effort from the demanding party, and too much effort from the demanded party.