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Ask HN: What are some email pitfalls in big companies?

1 pointsby Arkdyalmost 7 years ago
Hi HN, I recently left college to work at the head office of a large conglomerate. I expected email correspondence to be trivial, but it turns out that it&#x27;s an entirely new communications medium with its own set of norms and subtleties. What are some practical situations and solutions that I may run into?<p>For example, last week Linda emailed reminding me to complete a task that was never assigned to me. Noticing that the probable owner was CC&#x27;d, <i>I decided to wait</i> to see if they&#x27;d take responsibility instead of responding immediately. Sure enough, 4 hours later Jenny replied taking ownership. In this case, <i>not responding to the email</i> seemed to be the solution, but that&#x27;s weirdly counter-intuitive. What else might be like this?<p>Thanks in advance,<p>Ada.

1 comment

badbugalmost 7 years ago
No need to overthink it. Just reply &quot;I don&#x27;t think this was assigned to me&quot; and move on