Whenever I get passive aggressive or otherwise ambiguous emails like that I just ignore it. If it's important, they'll follow up.
Yeah, I'm wish it were that simple with the Bezos emails. :)
What's it like to get a “?” email from Jeff Bezos? [video]
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#12Whenever I get passive aggressive or otherwise ambiguous emails like that I just ignore it. If it's important, they'll follow up.
Would not apply in this case however...
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#13Whenever I get passive aggressive or otherwise ambiguous emails like that I just ignore it. If it's important, they'll follow up.
I've been a CEO and CTO, but usually in I think among all his possible sins, at Amazon scale, "?" itself wouldn't rank super high.
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#14This isn't really a Show HN > "Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread." https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html It's probably better posting either the video itself as a submission.
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#15Whenever I get passive aggressive or otherwise ambiguous emails like that I just ignore it. If it's important, they'll follow up.
A few years back I realized “Del” was the most valuable key while using my email client. Corporate is full of people looking to create friction as a mean to justify their existence. As we say in my home country, “if you want something you talk to the Circus owner, not to the clowns...” Would not apply in this case however...
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#17Whenever I get passive aggressive or otherwise ambiguous emails like that I just ignore it. If it's important, they'll follow up.
I think in this case, the "From:" is the "it's important" part and the "?" is the "What's up with this?" part. I've been a CEO and CTO, but usually in I think among all his possible sins, at Amazon scale, "?" itself wouldn't rank super high.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think in this case, the "From:" is the "it's important" part and the "?" is the "What's up with this?" part. I've been a CEO and CTO, but usually in I think among all his possible sins, at Amazon scale, "?" itself wouldn't rank super high.
It’s a passive aggressive and unprofessional - you don’t want your employees talking to each other this way, so don’t start it either.
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#19Whenever I get passive aggressive or otherwise ambiguous emails like that I just ignore it. If it's important, they'll follow up.
Would not recommend doing that if the email is coming from the CEO.
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#20Whenever I get passive aggressive or otherwise ambiguous emails like that I just ignore it. If it's important, they'll follow up.
Yeah, I'm wish it were that simple with the Bezos emails. :)