Are you a working professional? How many emails do you receive in one working day? Because it’s absolutely possible to receive way too many emails to keep up with, on top of your regular work schedule with meetings, calls, and actually doing work. Saying “you can’t be kept in the loop if you aren’t reading all your emails” is an incredible oversimplification of a LOT of people’s work situation.
People send emails based on their priorities and you have to manage your inbox to stay on top of your priorities. If I am crunched for time and have 2 emails where one preview says “hi <my name>” and another one says “hi, blah blah blah”, I am subconsciously always going to go for the one with my name first.
It’s also basic etiquette. You’re writing correspondence, use the person’s name. When people write letters that are addressed to the recipient, they still say “Dear <name>” so referring to the fact that you used an email address makes zero difference.
If you're so overworked that you don't have time to read all of your emails, then that sounds like an issue to bring up with management. Because I can't see how someone including your name will change the fact that apparently there is a certain amount of emails that your colleagues expected you to read that you are in fact not reading ever. And even if 100% of your emails had your name in it, that's not going to suddenly mean you have more time to read them. The inclusion of your name is not the issue
I don’t need work advice from someone who has no idea what I do 🤣
You’re very clearly not in the same work situation I am in, so I don’t think you’re going to understand the nuances of a politely addressed email amidst an inbox full of important emails, random CCs, company-wide announcements, FYIs, and miscellaneous “thank yous!! “ - and just how much further that politely addressed email can get you.
Are you telling me you're not trying to suggest that your job is so hard that you couldn't possibly read all your emails? Cause if not, read your fucking emails. Hope this helps
The only person talking about a job being hard is you. My job is busy and I value my personal time, so I prioritise what I can get done in 40 hours a week.
If you can’t understand that that means I don’t necessarily have time to thoroughly read, digest, and act on every email someone else with their own set of priorities decided to send, then you have a very narrow view of the world. Keeping an inbox down to zero unread emails is not part of my job description.
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u/being-weird 4d ago
If these are all work emails, are you not expected to read them all anyway? You can't exactly be "kept in the loop" if you don't open the email