The Wall Street Journal

The out-of-office reply that says ‘stay out of my inbox’

The out-of-office reply that says ‘stay out of my inbox’
Workers going on holiday are increasingly replacing courtesy with candour in their auto-response messages. (Image: 123rf)
The Wall Street Journal
By Elizabeth BernsteinI recently emailed an old friend. We hadn’t talked in a while and I looked forward to catching up.Then I got his automated response.“I am out of the office having way more fun than communicating with you,” his email said. “I will likely forget to email you back.”So much for out-of-office messages with polite promises to respond when the holiday is over. We’re entering the age of the kiss-off message.Exhausted by the world and desperate to truly disconnect, holidaymakers and others taking...

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