Comments on: Take that Vacation!

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:40:18 +0000

This is such great information. I am looking for a little bit more information on this tho as I am learning the majority of it free lance and not in school. If you can direct me to any other sites that may have more info. please let me know. Some Great posts! Thank you

By: Took my vacation

Took my vacation — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:31:49 +0000

Thanks for the input. I turned on the out of office message, but will be more specific next time in terms of listing specific contacts for specific duties. I also love the idea of asking people to call or email again after my return to make sure important issues don’t get lost. I think this point emphasizes another issue, which is our general misuse of email as opposed to other communications channels, but that’s the subject of a whole other conversation string! Thanks again!

By: HR Wench

HR Wench — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:54:47 +0000

Took my vacation – DELEGATE your duties while you are out or force your manager to do so. Your out of office message for email and phone should say “please contact so and so for A, so and so for B or so and so for C or call me/email me back on X date (day AFTER you return)”. Then when you get back from vacation start reading the latest emails FIRST (you will find some nuggets such as “nevermind about my email on the 3rd, Joe fixed the problem for me”). That way you don’t spend too much time reinventing the wheel. Hope that helps.

By: Took my vacation

Took my vacation — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:46:37 +0000

But do you feel punished if you don’t stay connected during your vacation? I just spent a wonderful week in warm weather with my family and it’s the following Wednesday night – I am still not caught up on my email. Any suggestions for taking the needed break while keeping your sanity on the back end?