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Originally Posted by Sliver
That's not what it shows at all. Most people I know hate when someone leaves them a voicemail (aka a job to deal with). Calling back shows more initiative than throwing the ball in someone else's court and hoping they actually listen to it and then do the job of calling you back. In fact, in my work, we have to call people when we complete their projects. We'll note the date and write "LM" (left message), but it goes into a pile where we call them back within the week to ensure they know their job is ready.
You're using voicemail how it was used 15 years ago, but most people don't. We leave a message and note it just so we can reference it when they inevitably say 'no one told me it was ready!' We give them the date of the voice message and every.single.time they say, 'oh, I don't check my messages.'
Leaving a message is rude, but we only do it to cover our ass. In my personal life I'd never leave a message for someone since I don't like assigning crappy jobs of retrieving messages to my friends. If you don't answer, I'll call back later or shoot you a text.
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For a sales call, calling back every day, not leaving information on who they are or why they're calling, is low effort in my opinion. These are vendors/companies I have no relationship with. Dialling a number and letting it ring is next to zero effort. Call me the first time, leave a message, and then follow up in a couple days. Then I know who they are and will pick up and engage or say no thanks. But I will not blindly pick up a random call unless I have a relationship with the vendor and/or know the number.
On the personal side, I'm neither for or against voicemails. Sometimes they're nice, sometimes I'd prefer a text. But in business, if they call me day after day with no indication of why they're calling, I'll continue to ignore.