Eleven savage gen Z out-of-office messages we dare you to use

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 offices 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.”

@oilshore

Replying to @Rik O’Smithwick well at least they are being honest 😳 #workhumour #genzworker #corporatetiktok

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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.”

@oilshore

Replying to @Jaime Suzanne cue all the boomers commenting ‘this is unprofessional you should be fired’ 🙄#genz #workhumour #emailsignoffs #workhumour #corporatelife #genzworker #corporatelife

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