The US Is Readying Its Out-of-Office Autoreply
What if everyone in your office went on vacation at the same time? It sounds nice — until it isn’t.
Serious backlog.
Illustration: Jessica Karl
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Close your eyes and think about the last time you took more than a week off. Whatever you did — traveled to Europe, had a baby, went to the beach, maybe just read a book — your work life went on without you, as evidenced by the yottabyte of email awaiting you on your return. So maybe you, like me, have fantasized about everyone in the office all taking off at the same time. Just imagine: A vacation with no urgent emails. No frantic phone calls from your boss. No “absolutely no worries if not!!” Slack messages from your co-workers.