Email obsession, real or not?

r32 · Post by **r32** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:30 pm

Since living in Finland, 4,5 years now, I heard a lot of times this phrase: "write me an email, I you reply/get back to you"...and nobody really replayed.
Is this "obsession" really true or is it just a way of getting rid of somebody? Also employees have email addresses so you can contact then...but the same result...from 200 email you get only 2 replies if you are lucky

What's your opinion about it?

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Tiwaz · Post by **Tiwaz** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:45 am

Well, it is complex issue.

It can be beneficial to have contacts done through email if you are busy. So you can respond when you have time. Of course if there are 55 mails piled up by the time you have time... It can lead to slight forgetting.

It can also be way to get rid of person with least hassle. Often the case with job applications.

Or they might just hand the issue to next guy in line who does not know they should respond.

It really depends on email, who it is sent to and what it concerns.

r32 · Post by **r32** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:36 am

Tiwaz wrote:Well, it is complex issue.

It can be beneficial to have contacts done through email if you are busy. So you can respond when you have time. Of course if there are 55 mails piled up by the time you have time... It can lead to slight forgetting.

It can also be way to get rid of person with least hassle. Often the case with job applications.

Or they might just hand the issue to next guy in line who does not know they should respond.

It really depends on email, who it is sent to and what it concerns.

Yes, if we refer to job applications then the emails are all useless, nobody is really replying.

Tiwaz · Post by **Tiwaz** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:06 am

Actually they can be useful.

Employers often though only get back to those whom they want to hear more from.

So if there were 300 applicants, 30 are chosen for next round of interviews... 270 will think it is of no use to send email, because from (short sighted) view of the company they are irrelevant now and thus no point in going through them to send them the "Dear Lassi, unfortunately you were not chosen"-message.

Like they sing, winner takes it all. Including email responses.

r32 · Post by **r32** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:51 pm

Tiwaz wrote: winner takes it all.

nice

raamv · Post by **raamv** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:00 am

r32 wrote:Since living in Finland, 4,5 years now, I heard a lot of times this phrase: "write me an email, I you reply/get back to you"...and nobody really replayed.
Is this "obsession" really true or is it just a way of getting rid of somebody? Also employees have email addresses so you can contact then...but the same result...from 200 email you get only 2 replies if you are lucky
What's your opinion about it?

it depends on whether you are an optimistic pessimist, a pessimistic masochist, a masochistic optimist, or an optimistic bombastic!!

r32 · Post by **r32** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:59 pm

raamv wrote:
r32 wrote:Since living in Finland, 4,5 years now, I heard a lot of times this phrase: "write me an email, I you reply/get back to you"...and nobody really replayed.
Is this "obsession" really true or is it just a way of getting rid of somebody? Also employees have email addresses so you can contact then...but the same result...from 200 email you get only 2 replies if you are lucky
What's your opinion about it?
it depends on whether you are an optimistic pessimist, a pessimistic masochist, a masochistic optimist, or an optimistic bombastic!!

A bit from all

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