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Shall I consider a text response to an email as official one for leave request?
Send him another email quoting his text message with the endorsement "As per your text message of ..." and say that you will follow and rely on his instructions.
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Shall I consider a text response to an email as official one for leave request?
Your boss is doing damage control, he does not want you talking to your colleagues about needing leave as you're having issues at work. So he texted quickly to pre-empt that potential.
The rest needs ...
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Shall I consider a text response to an email as official one for leave request?
The way I see it, if someone is saying they'll take care to cover for the days of your absence, that indicates they are aware are okay with your absence. Also since they're in the approver position, ...
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Shall I consider a text response to an email as official one for leave request?
It's not abnormal, though it's probably less common.
If you think the response was unclear (though I think "I'll take care of it" implies authorization), reply to your boss asking for ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own
I would go to IT and ask if they could change my work email address/account name, because it is confusingly similar to a coworker's address and you keep getting subscribed to email lists accidentally. ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own
Snarky solution:
He asked you to forward the (important) emails on to him. So, set an auto-forward on your shorthand email to forward all email to his email (until you have time to develop a filter on ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own
I have been suffering from this exact problem for many years with my personal email address. There are several people around the world that have email addresses extremely similar to mine (typically ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own
You need to have another conversation with them, and this time be firm. What they are doing is not OK, we have enough spam as it is without random colleagues blithely adding us to mailing lists! So go ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own
In contrast to the answers already given, I would suggest a very firm approach from the perspective of one who had to defend his company e-mail address from spam for over 35 years.
First: This ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own
Best if it becomes someone elses problem.
I would forward each message to the colleague cc'ing the manager. It shouldn't take long for them to do something about it.
You're not being employed to ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own
Annoying: unless you can get the other guy to change his behavior, whether deliberate or not, the utility of the short email address for you is greatly reduced. Moreover, not just the other guys ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own
Existing answers have provided the general idea that you should set up templates and ignore the emails moving forward (and you should set up Outlook to sort/filter your emails anyway, if not, as my ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own
The thought that he uses my email when he has to get something free
has crossed my mind, but I choose to be optimistic that he is not
doing it on purpose.
This would only work if there was no ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own
Should I set up a template and forward each mail with a "please remember to use your own email" message?
That would be my option after that persons response in tone of "I won't fix it, ...
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How to deal with colleague enrolling my email to mailing lists instead of his own
When in doubt, assume honest intentions. Congratulations for taking the correct first step and not to dump the accusation on them blindly.
That said, you also do not need to act as a personal ...
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Responding to congrats emails from potential colleagues when I'm about to decline the job offer
I would reply to the personal emails before making the final decision. You can either be completely noncommittal ("Thanks, I really enjoyed meeting you too and am weighing my options this week&...
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Responding to congrats emails from potential colleagues when I'm about to decline the job offer
I received job offers from 2 different companies. When I got the offer
from the 2nd place (a startup), I got emails from most of my
interviewers (potential coworkers/colleagues) and from the Tech VP
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Responding to congrats emails from potential colleagues when I'm about to decline the job offer
I would make certain that the 1st offer is solid first. Make sure you have signed a contract and then actually start work.
After a few days at your new work, if you feel like it, inform the other ...
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Responding to congrats emails from potential colleagues when I'm about to decline the job offer
You don't need to reply at all.
But if you feel compelled, a simple "Thank you." would suffice.
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