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IMing at work
Mar. 11th, 2011 05:07 pmMy last traditional office-bound job was in January 2003. While my current job is less traditional, I still feel like there was a gap in which technology changed the way people work, and I missed the gradual change. Suddenly I'm in a workplace in which.... IMing between employees on the same conference call, to nag/remind each other to ask questions is common. In fact, quick IMs are as ordinary as leaning into a cubical doorway to say something used to be.
I missed the whole IM transition thing. I mean, I only got text on my cell phone a few months ago! Now suddenly I feel like I've been dunked into a work-IM-society I was not prepared for.
I'm sure there is etiquette. And while I don't mind learning, I would rather it not be at my co-workers' expense.
What is the polite way to start an IM conversation? Polite ways to end one? How do I acknowledge a received IM while I was away doing something personal without giving away more than they need to know? How do I emergency-quick-sever an IM conversation if I must run do something personal again without telling them more than they need to know?
Any other tips I should know?
I missed the whole IM transition thing. I mean, I only got text on my cell phone a few months ago! Now suddenly I feel like I've been dunked into a work-IM-society I was not prepared for.
I'm sure there is etiquette. And while I don't mind learning, I would rather it not be at my co-workers' expense.
What is the polite way to start an IM conversation? Polite ways to end one? How do I acknowledge a received IM while I was away doing something personal without giving away more than they need to know? How do I emergency-quick-sever an IM conversation if I must run do something personal again without telling them more than they need to know?
Any other tips I should know?
