When you’re managing a project or just doing managerial stuff in general and are working with people who are not management and are feeling a bit twitchy 1.
Use the delayed email sending feature, this is available out of the box on all modern email systems, and when you are doing late night/weekend or out of hours emails, its a great way of not being a jerk to those working for you.
Most people in this always-on corporate world or those supporting a 24/7 system will interrupt what they are doing to glance at an email or notification and unless you need a response right then and there for something that will have a serious impact before the beginning of the next working day, this is something you really don’t want to do as it shows you are dismissive of others time.
While you as a manager might think it shows you are dynamic and on the ball to your bosses, it really does not work the other way.
Additionally “the right to disconnect” style laws are spreading and becoming more common and this will help you provide that for your teams.
Disclaimer: As always these posts are not aimed at anyone client or employer and are just my personal observations over a lifetime of dealing with both management and frontline associates.
- mainly support or those that look after production systems in any way[↩]