Hi all,
Would love your opinion on this one. I work for a small startup organization, where everyone's working like crazy. It's a lot of fun, and never a dull moment.
My boss, our founder, works very odd hours, often working through the night. As such, it's not uncommon to see e-mails from him at 3, 4 or 5 in the morning. The rest of us are on a more regular schedule.
I'm not really concerned about getting e-mails from him at those hours, but I am concerned about the message that such e-mails might be sending to potential partner organizations, funders, clients, etc. In my mind, it looks a little unprofessional--communicating, potentially, that he can't get his work done without pulling an all-nighter. Perception is reality for us at this point, so I want to make sure we're not doing anything that would give someone pause when thinking about working with us.
Am I worried for nothing, or is this something to address?
Thanks so much!
Worried for nothing
Dear Lord, DO NOT address it. It is NOT unprofessional from a founder at a start up.
Founders work all hours because it's a lot harder than it looks. Mike and I used to talk at 2 in the morning, and it became commonplace. It's never seen as indication of lack of ability to manage one's time.
Let it go!
Mark
Thanks!
Much obliged Mark. Now I can move on to worrying about other stuff!
-Sean
There is also an option in
There is also an option in Outlook to time-delay the emails; you just set them to "do not send before...". Works fine; you can do work at any time of the night that suits you, and rack the emails up to go out at 7am, 8am, whenever.