Don’t send work emails this weekend

So you’ve probably been out of the office this week, working from home or missing some work hours with the cold snap hitting Ireland. You’ve probably missed meetings and projects are delayed, but here’s an idea – How about not sending work emails this weekend?

How guilty of this are you?, because I am, despite having been on the receiving end a few times. One of my old managers had this habit of 2am Saturday night email rants, while another would always send a barrage of requests at 6pm on a Friday (we finished at 5pm).

From Tim Sanders blog, His Rule #6 is Don’t send an email to someone at a time you wouldn’t phone them, and only send inside office hours as it’s not fair on others, increasing Corporate Guilt Complex

Here’s the snippet in full

Click to play: Email Etiquette Rule #6

Tough love, you need to manage your workload and email at a professional time.

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