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Paul's avatar

The only thing I do is set an auto reply for my emails when I am away however this isnt for co-workers. As I work at a charity we often get replies from people needing support and I would not want to keep them waiting so I direct them to the shared email address.

Other then that though I dont change anything, if somthing is that urgent theyl call me.

Lanah Tyra's avatar

That's what I do, auto replies set in Outlook, which also shows as out of office in Teams, with a message directing people where to go for support. And still...

Paul's avatar

Some people just wont pay attention.

Sturmer's avatar

I just learned to say "no".

Many tend to ask for help when I'm on vacation if I have spare time - I help, if not in a mood, I reply with - let's meet in 2 weeks.

People who have worked with me for a long time know this and do not exploit it. Rookies or abusers after several times get to my 'soft-block' list, meaning I will respond to them only during business hours.

Lanah Tyra's avatar

I don't even have my business stuff on outside of work hours. That's why it baffles me so much. I literally don't have my work laptop or phone with me. I'm showing as offline and out of office.

But I guess there are a lot of people who have their work Teams on their personal phones as well, or keep checking stuff outside of work hours and people just got used to it and have a sort of expectation that someone will reply even if they are "seemingly" out of office.

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