This is the way. I check my emails twice a day, once in the morning, so I know if any issues arose overnight, and once after lunch. Constantly checking your mail is a massive drain on efficiency as you're constantly mentally context switching.
If something catastrophic happens, someone will ping you on chat. Once you get over the initial anxiety that you might be "out of the loop", it becomes a lot easier to maintain focus and be much more productive for much less stress.
When you do check your mail, remember, just like in a test, read everything before you start replying! The conversation will progress, so you don't want to reply to an earlier mail if a later one supercedes it. Sorting most recent first helps with this.
If you're just sitting on your hands not opening the emails during work time then that's kinda weird. If you have more urgent stuff then no issues with that, if it's really urgent people would probably call anyway
If it is more urgent than what you're currently doing it sounds like it would be good to deal with that email first. At least if someone else is waiting for your reply.
Most people don’t realize that many organizations require devices that have email on them to be enrolled in device management. So when you put your email on your phone you are also making it so the IT department at your work can track your location and remotely erase your phone. One place I worked also required a PIN on the phone so you couldn’t use fingerprint or Face ID.
Suffice it to say that I haven’t had work email on a personal device since Blackberrys were a thing.
I'm fine with early emails because I send out late emails. Luckily I'm at a company where most people understand that there are some people who work weird hours and that it's ok.
I don't care what time emails come in. I work for a Japanese company, so I get emails at pretty much any hour. My work hours and current local time are posted on my domain profile, if whoever is sending an email has an issue with my response time, they can take it up with my direct manager who will go to bat for me (he's proven this more than a few times, I trust him).
Now if it was a Teams DM or text message directly to me well after work hours, that's a whole 'nother conversation.
I start work at 9:00 most days, as do most of my coworkers. Earlier this month, at 6:54 one morning, I was emailed an invitation for a meeting at 8:00. I was later asked why I didn't attend.
I'm not sure if I'd say I was angry, but I definitely wasn't happy about it. That's not just an email, to be fair, but still feels like it counts.
They can just look at the time they received it? I think the overwhelming majority of emails are sent instantly, not delayed, so you don't really need to look at the sent time.
22 Comments
toofpic@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 243d
Calls - understandable. But what's the problem with emailing? Open it at 8:01
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 243d
I will open it when I see fit, and no sooner. Also, I get in at 10.
notabot@piefed.social · 4 pts · 243d
This is the way. I check my emails twice a day, once in the morning, so I know if any issues arose overnight, and once after lunch. Constantly checking your mail is a massive drain on efficiency as you're constantly mentally context switching.
If something catastrophic happens, someone will ping you on chat. Once you get over the initial anxiety that you might be "out of the loop", it becomes a lot easier to maintain focus and be much more productive for much less stress.
When you do check your mail, remember, just like in a test, read everything before you start replying! The conversation will progress, so you don't want to reply to an earlier mail if a later one supercedes it. Sorting most recent first helps with this.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 243d
If you're just sitting on your hands not opening the emails during work time then that's kinda weird. If you have more urgent stuff then no issues with that, if it's really urgent people would probably call anyway
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 243d
It's not about "more urgent stuff" but maintaining focus.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 243d
If it is more urgent than what you're currently doing it sounds like it would be good to deal with that email first. At least if someone else is waiting for your reply.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 243d
If it's urgent, they'll call or at very least ping me in Teams
Saapas@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 243d
Yeah I mentioned that earlier
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 243d
In my experience people who let work violate the personal life boundary have issues with other boundaries and are generally difficult to work with.
lime@feddit.nl · 26 pts · 243d
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 243d
check your mail on your work laptop ONLY and ONLY during work-hours
dont connect your private devices with work-related stuff, if you do for whatever reason, hide notifications from the app
and of course, dont touch your work laptop, when youre not being paid to do so
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 243d
Most people don’t realize that many organizations require devices that have email on them to be enrolled in device management. So when you put your email on your phone you are also making it so the IT department at your work can track your location and remotely erase your phone. One place I worked also required a PIN on the phone so you couldn’t use fingerprint or Face ID.
Suffice it to say that I haven’t had work email on a personal device since Blackberrys were a thing.
yakko@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 243d
I work eight hours ahead of all my co-workers. Sometimes I have the energy to schedule every send, sometimes I just fire that shit off.
chimp@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 243d
What's the convenience of scheduling?
Saapas@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 243d
Someone won't get upset about being emailed outside of work hours, I guess based on this post
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 243d
Eh, they can send whatever the hell they want whenever the hell they want, I won't be seeing it until I am ready
duckythescientist@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 243d
I'm fine with early emails because I send out late emails. Luckily I'm at a company where most people understand that there are some people who work weird hours and that it's ok.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 243d
How do you know of you haven't logged in yet?
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 241d
I don't care what time emails come in. I work for a Japanese company, so I get emails at pretty much any hour. My work hours and current local time are posted on my domain profile, if whoever is sending an email has an issue with my response time, they can take it up with my direct manager who will go to bat for me (he's proven this more than a few times, I trust him).
Now if it was a Teams DM or text message directly to me well after work hours, that's a whole 'nother conversation.
darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 243d
Kabaka@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 243d
I start work at 9:00 most days, as do most of my coworkers. Earlier this month, at 6:54 one morning, I was emailed an invitation for a meeting at 8:00. I was later asked why I didn't attend.
I'm not sure if I'd say I was angry, but I definitely wasn't happy about it. That's not just an email, to be fair, but still feels like it counts.
darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 243d
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 243d
They can just look at the time they received it? I think the overwhelming majority of emails are sent instantly, not delayed, so you don't really need to look at the sent time.
darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 243d
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 243d
I don't know, dawg
GeorgimusPrime@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 243d
I think renaming them is an appropriate punishment. "Bob from Accounting" is now "Smeagol".