EOM
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The Problem: Your inbox is overflowing with e-mails from colleagues that say nothing more than "got it" or "OK."
The Fix: Introduce your workplace to EOM, shorthand for "end of message." Slapping these three letters onto the end of an e-mail message is a signal to the recipient that the exchange is complete and he or she doesn't need to send a reply.
Usage of EOM has evolved. Traditionally, it has been employed on the subject line to indicate that the entire message is contained there, saving the recipient from having to click to open the message only to find nothing in it.
Other people now are using the acronym to minimize unnecessary e-mail traffic. Reading and sending superfluous messages can sap hours of productivity. Between 10% and 30% of all e-mail messages are simply unnecessary, estimates Martin Hall, managing director of the twice-yearly e-mail conference INBOX.
The proliferation of these one or two word e-mails usually is the result of politeness gone awry. EOM lets the recipient off the hook. But it only works if everyone in your office -- or family -- knows what it means. Otherwise, it is apt to be seen as a lame attempt to imitate the latest teen slang.
The Problem: Your inbox is overflowing with e-mails from colleagues that say nothing more than "got it" or "OK."
The Fix: Introduce your workplace to EOM, shorthand for "end of message." Slapping these three letters onto the end of an e-mail message is a signal to the recipient that the exchange is complete and he or she doesn't need to send a reply.
Usage of EOM has evolved. Traditionally, it has been employed on the subject line to indicate that the entire message is contained there, saving the recipient from having to click to open the message only to find nothing in it.
Other people now are using the acronym to minimize unnecessary e-mail traffic. Reading and sending superfluous messages can sap hours of productivity. Between 10% and 30% of all e-mail messages are simply unnecessary, estimates Martin Hall, managing director of the twice-yearly e-mail conference INBOX.
The proliferation of these one or two word e-mails usually is the result of politeness gone awry. EOM lets the recipient off the hook. But it only works if everyone in your office -- or family -- knows what it means. Otherwise, it is apt to be seen as a lame attempt to imitate the latest teen slang.
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