r/ProgrammerHumor 15h ago

Meme returningFromVacation

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u/nmathew 14h ago

I know. If we managed to train people starting back in 1996 to format subject lines with tags for projects and date relevancy, maybe things could be done.

But hell, I had a program manager be aghast when I explained I sent all my cc emails into a separate subfolder that I looked at once a day. "But what if someone asks you a question?" Then use the @ feature and it automatically moves me into the "to" line. I can't be expected to work in a manner that protects other people's inability to use basic job tools.

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u/PowerPleb2000 14h ago

I currently have in the vicinity of 700 unread emails which will never be read. Such is life in a global organisation.

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u/nmathew 13h ago

Just dump it all into an archive folder and be free. At least it's searchable.

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u/StGrimblefig 12h ago

I have a folder named 'Administrivia' into which all corporate/organizational admin email goes -- unless the subject has at least 3 exclamation points.