I'm a director of OD and Learning at a medium-sized company. The number of cold calls and sales pitch emails that I get are OUT OF CONTROL!! I am averaging 10 a day. They even call my personal phone. Some have the nerve to send random calendar invites.

I block the sender for each email, but it feels like a losing battle. How are you all handling it?

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Sending a random calendar invite is nuts, what world are people from where they think that's acceptable?? I don't get many calls, but my inbox is flooded with cold emails. I block, report as spam, and delete. It does feel sort of futile - there's almost always a new one waiting whenever I check my inboox.

I’ve gotten a calendar invite. Thought it was hilarious. Took the time to write an email to the guy asking him to never do that again.

I’ve found that ignoring/deleting them consistently eventually lands them in my junk folder automatically. I use gmail. Get very few that go to my inbox now!

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