Does anyone else in different organizations have people that flat out Don’t reply to emails and don’t reply to Teams bl and their directors are OK with this behavior? is this just my organization it seems jacked up. How is it even possible to get things done with these people? Everything has to be a in person meeting.
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@ak Seen more than a few cases where the unresponsive employee was busy being resuscitated by EMT, but that was mostly before SET cleared out all the 30 year veterans.
Still, considering how morbidly obese many of the fab workers are, this could still be the reason why they are not answering any emails, ever again.
How much does it cost to email (or text) back and say “your question is too complicated for this medium please set up a meeting” ?
Def Met are masters of time management.
@b7 By all means do not send emails that look anything like the obsessive, endless lists of grievances on this site, cause no sentient being is going to respond to an email with 20 questions.
As a Rule, text is for 1 question, email is for no more than 2 questions and everything else is really a conversation, so set up a meeting and stop the unprofessional nonsense.
If the email contains more than a few sentences, then the topic is too complicated for email. No one at Intel or any other company wants to read your treatise on anything, ever.
Text is for a single sentence because more than that for asking a single question is stupid and d-mb.
Remember, less is more.
The problem with Intel is that you get 200 emails a day, and the nerds at Intel love to send massive essays in their emails - ain't nobody got time for that.
Also maybe you're just useless and not worth responding to.. have you considered that?
Maybe you are perceived as irrelevant and not worth their time. If their director is happy they must be working on what matters. Maybe you need to figure out what matters if it isn't already too late.
Are the recipients of those emails in Israel? If so, that's normal. Employees in Israel are above greater Intel. Nobody can tell them what to do.
People don't respond when there are no layoffs. I am not surprised they are not at this time. Classic intel employees playing the victim always
If it is someone you regularly need to give A/Rs to or interact with, then at some point have an in person or video meeting, to remind them you are a non-robotic humanoid of some kind.
Find out what help they need and try to help them with information or to make contact with others they need to work with.
In other words, they are in your network, so learn how to exist and be productive in a network.
And don't be a whiny beach, cause no one likes that kind of ego-centric BS.
@a2 It’s WAY worse in Europe. That place isn’t even going to be considered a market for tech by the 2030s.
A perma-20th century economy. It’s good. The world needs time capsules to appreciate.
CDubs be werkin and je-kin
@ak The recipient may well have been tossed in the woodchipper and so no longer with us.
If their WWID shows they report to someone in HR, are they really still alive?
At the very least, they are dead to the sender, because they can't take an A/R.
"Unresponsive" sound like dead lol
@ag Also keep in mind that the contact, their manager, their managers manager, their managers managers manager, and so forth and so on...may all have just been terminated, in which case copy the GM or VP and in that case be super nice.
People often become nonresponsive when the org is being tossed into the woodchipper.
This is valid and normal as few involved know what tasks are still to be done or who owns what.
@ag That was too much good information for OP to be given for free in this economy. Stop halfway into point #2 and charge a subscription fee with monthly discount and the option to pay-per-article.
OP must be very inexperienced, or simply not know how to engage & influence.
First of all, be sure that what you are asking is valid and that the person you are asking in any way owes you a response. As in Road House, be nice to all involved.
- Send Email.
- Next Day, follow up with text if non-responsive. Option to set up meeting to discuss. Be Nice.
- Next Week, copy manager on email followup, asking if the person is the correct contact (be nice and act as if you are confused).
- Following week, copy the managers manager (and the manager), asking if there is someone more appropriate to help with the issue. Be Nice.
Get prompt response, and usually immediate action is warranted.
Pitching a fit because someone else doesn’t make your ignorance their problem?
Intel Inside.
I write those people off
Def Met knows how to prioritize their time
Ask stupid questions, get silence.
Do your own work. My work comes from my boss. Not you.
A seasoned Manager once told me, email is not business communication tool due to heavy inbox traffic. Accountability only if you've spoken with the individual directly.
I wonder if those non-responders know that their peers think they are d-mb as fu-k? If you know you know
We're not listening to you.
Is anyone suprised?
Instating a mandatory email response timeline would do much more for productivity than anything else.
Every site has them, starts at TD and trickles down to the VF, CE! Found it less in Asia. Super inconsiderate and would really be grounds for termination at any sane company. At Intel it is POR.
Happens constantly. Annoying as fu-k.