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Today's e-mail glut is a constant worry for many office workers, with a third saying they get stressed by the volume of messages, according to a report. Time to put on your "out of office"?
It's the summer holiday season - offices are empty and computers left sleeping and even if you try to e-mail someone, all too often you'll get an "out of office" message.
But are they really away? Because out of office has become the latest piece of office trickery.
This is a conversation overheard between two commuters (of course I'm going to say it's commuters, I don't want it any closer to home).
Quote:
"I thought you were away on holiday? I got an out of office."
Quote:
"No, I put that up a couple of days before, so no one expects me to answer their e-mails."
People are using the out of office like answering machines to screen their calls. At a single stroke, it defuses the expectation that anyone is there to reply. It's a kind of tactical, nuclear weapon.