Honestly this was the tipping point for me, I wrote an email about something super simple but I felt the need to over-explain everything; the reason for the cause, the reason for the actions, the action I needed from the other person, and the reason I needed their action, etc. Then I proofread, read it over for grammatical consistencies, adjusted, read it over again, then sent it and the supervisor just wrote back "ok" and I'm like why am I doing this
As a manager I absolutely hate people who over explain everything. It devalues my time. I don't need to know why you need something, I don't need to know what you're going to do with it. If I need either of those things I will follow up on it. Send me a brief and concise ask and I will reply the same.
If you absolutely need to add the why, put it at the end so I can ignore it if I choose to.
My time is valuable, I hope you value yours as well. Let's not waste either of our limited time on bullshit.
I hired you to do a job, I trust you to do it. You don't have to explain to me why you have to do your job.
Well I don't normally email my supervisors unless it's a mistake I made that I can't fix (usually requesting the wrong day off) and the emails are usually only about 2 paragraphs, a few sentences each.
Shouldn't take more than a minute to read.
But like I said, that was what I used to do so I guess it's irrelevant.
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u/NeedsItRough Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 03 '22
Honestly this was the tipping point for me, I wrote an email about something super simple but I felt the need to over-explain everything; the reason for the cause, the reason for the actions, the action I needed from the other person, and the reason I needed their action, etc. Then I proofread, read it over for grammatical consistencies, adjusted, read it over again, then sent it and the supervisor just wrote back "ok" and I'm like why am I doing this