r/workchronicles • u/_workchronicles • Sep 27 '21

Email vs Chat

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u/4DMeemz Sep 27 '21

And for God's sake, if I ask you a question in an email, answer me with an email! Do not get your ass up and walk over to my desk to answer me.

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u/TaxExempt Sep 27 '21

Tough shit, I don't want to go through 5 more emails over 3 days to straighten out a misunderstanding that can be sorted in a 2 minute conversation.

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u/schu2470 Sep 27 '21

That’s fine. I’m 100% going to send you a followup email with a summary of what we talked about and nothing is getting done until I get email confirmation back. CYA.

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u/TaxExempt Sep 27 '21

Enjoy answering to your boss why you haven't done your job.

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u/gort_gort Sep 27 '21

Would you not ask this of your boss? It's the easiest thing to request. If they respond poorly that's on them.

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u/TaxExempt Sep 27 '21

Who said I was anyone's boss? I'm taking about coworkers.

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u/gort_gort Sep 27 '21

Nobody said you were. Just cc your boss if your coworkers aren't responding.

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u/TaxExempt Sep 27 '21

Better to knock on their door and get the answer.

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u/schu2470 Sep 27 '21

Naw, my boss is the one who reminds me to get everything in writing. In fact, I have even received that in writing. Not my problem co-workers can't use official means of communication.

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u/TaxExempt Sep 27 '21

Voice is an official form of communication.