Eleven savage gen Z out-of-office messages we dare you to use
It’s nearly Christmas time so if you’re taking time off and need to set an out-of-office, we humbly dare you to try these gen Z suggestions.
Christmas is nearly here, which means that for some of us it’s time to set those out-of-office messages. We already know you like the ones you probably shouldn’t use. But have you considered taking a leaf from the spicy gen Z playbook?
These gems of course come from the Oilshore TikTok account and look, it’s entirely possible that they have been staged for the sake of humour. But having worked for a company with a youth media publication… I’ve seen some interesting emails and Slack messages in my time.
So I like to think our gen Z comrades in the office trenches really are out here making out of office messages a whole lot less boring for us all.
Let’s get into some of the best. And if you pick up a general ‘leave me alone’ trend in these — yes. And I respect it. Aggressively maintaining work-life balance is important:
- “Do not contact me while I’m on leave or I’ll report you to HR”;
- “ERROR 404: Employee not found”;
- “Get somebody else to do it”;
- “Please enjoy your break from me”;
- “I am out of the office currently. Unfortunately, I will be back tomorrow”;
- “Knock knock. Who’s there? Not me”;
- “If you need me… too bad”;
- “On holiday. Do I have access to the internet? Yes. Am I going to use it to respond to your email? No”;
- “I’m unsure why you’re emailing me when I put this in my calendar months ago”;
- “Contact literally anyone else but me”; and
- “Enjoying life! Will be back when I run out of money.”
And if that wasn’t enough, the account also has some stellar gen Z email sign-offs as well:
- “Another day, another slay”;
- “Lukewarm regards”;
- “Mean regards”;
- “Live, laugh, leave me alone”;
- Insert pleasantry here*;
- “Slay, serve, survive”;
- “Please hesitate to reach out”; and
- “If you have any questions, please ask somebody else.”
This article was first published on SmartCompany on December 16, 2022.
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