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Originally Posted by Sliver
Sales was an example. I also said vendors and clients, but I meant everything/everyone. If someone has my staff members' phone number I expect them to answer the phone I'm paying for during the work day so we can be responsive.
It would be a discussion of with me looking at you like you were out of your mind if you told me you had this arbitrary rule that nobody else knows or follows that a message must be left before you'll speak to them. Guy. It's so weird how you're operating.
And if you are getting a huge volume of nonsense calls, we could talk about changing your number. Ignoring colleagues/stakeholders is just not a reasonable option.
Edit to add: I'm not talking about answering your phone when you're in the can or in a meeting, obs. That's moving the goalposts. I'm just talking about you not answering numbers you don't know because you're afraid of what's on the other end. That's low effort.
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It's not an arbitrary rule. It's the simple fact of if I don't know your number I'm likely not answering. Nowhere did I say I'm purposly ignoring colleagues/stakeholders/vendors. I said if I do for a multitude of reasons, they're smart enough to leave a VM or send an email. Sales calls don't do that. I'm not afraid, you're just not worth my time because you can dial my number 5 days a week but not take an additional 30-60 seconds to leave me a message to tell me why. Low. Effort.
Trying to make this into more than what it is, just because you're in small business and operate differently, is a take. But not unexpected with you.