[glyptol]

I was once told by someone at a company I worked with that if I didn’t answer email in five minutes I looked bad. I was developing a product and I can either spend time in the lab doing that or sit in front of the computer waiting for the next missive.

A week under normal conditions is long. Every five minutes is ridiculous.

[OneWingedShark]

I was once told by someone at a company I worked with that if I didn’t answer email in five minutes I looked bad. I was developing a product and I can either spend time in the lab doing that or sit in front of the computer waiting for the next missive.

A week under normal conditions is long. Every five minutes is ridiculous.

I'd laugh and set up an auto-reply function... saying that I only check my e-mail at prescribed times because I'm busy, you know, working (say every 3hrs and before quitting-time) -- but be careful to actually read the e-mails at those times.