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Some BS I noticed that I’d like to call out…
As we’ve all seen there have been layoffs happening left and right. However, there’s a right way to handle the situation.
Lyft isn’t one of them. I was with the company earlier this year on a contract to hire role that was ended suddenly. Then, yesterday I saw on LinkedIn that most of the team was laid off (including team lead) YET I’ve had a recruiter reach out to me to apply to my same old position with the team but…
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forward it again and be like “ re forwarding it to you in case you need it for reference...”
Forward it with something along the lines of “hey looks like this may have gotten lost in the shuffle”
"per my earlier email" = "Can you read, or are you just slow?"
OP: Don't swallow your pride. It furthers the perception that you were incompetent or lazy.
As others have suggested, there are diplomatic ways to communicate about a situation like this without surrendering your own reputation.
Next time, forward the original invite e-mail, along with a non-confrontational preface.
Point it out nicely . It’s not always easy doing this job and certainly not keeping up with the diary...
Swallowed my pride on this one.
Me: hmm that’s weird that you didn’t get it, looks like I sent it last Wednesday. Let me resend. #learntoreadyouremail #pettybetty #sorrynotsorry
Reply saying “it’s not allowing me to resend it since you’re already on the invite - not sure if my emails are going out right - can you check your calendar and confirm?"
say “resending so it’s easily accessible in inbox” or something similar
Partner once complained to me that I send him too many emails. Told him it’s mainly because he’s not reading the emails I already sent him so I end up resending after we speak (about the email he already had in his inbox). Averaged about 3x per topic due to his ADD
D1 got it right
I reforwarded and my boss just said oh sorry too many emails
Question is, do you point this out, or swallow your pride?
Does not everyone have project drives? Why use email as a filing system?
A1, project drives? Usually not if you mean what I think you mean