My manager told me to stop writing emails like my coworkers write them. Said I was copying their bad habits. Now I just keep every email under 5 sentences and people actually read them.

She pointed out that nobody reads that long corporate garbage and told me to pretend I'm texting a friend instead. Now I get maybe half the follow up questions I used to get. Has anyone else had a supervisor give feedback that totally changed how you communicate?

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hugo82519d ago

Five sentences max" sounds like you're just too lazy to explain yourself properly.

josephl6719d ago

That short email rule is genius. Keeps the whole team from spending 20 minutes decoding some novel that could have been two sentences.

danielhenderson19d ago

oh man, absolutely. my old boss used to send these three paragraph emails about something that could have been "yes, approved" and we'd all sit there trying to figure out what he actually wanted... it was a total time waster. now my team has a hard rule of five sentences max unless it's super technical, and it's wild how much faster things move. people actually read what you send instead of just skimming and missing the point. honestly, if more companies did this, meetings would probably be shorter too.