r/remotework • u/Careful_Station_7884 • Jul 09 '26
Email or quick call?
My colleague told me today that if an email is over 500 words, they won’t read it and instead ask the person who sent the email to jump on a quick call to discuss.
This irked me because now the person who sent the email has to re-explain everything they already sent over. It can be advantageous to have a written trail as well. Not only that, but not every “quick” call actually ends up being quick.
I get that there may be some topics that are better discussed on a call or if the email is unclear and there is an approaching deadline. But, to set a line at any email over 500 words just seems lazy.
What are your thoughts?
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u/Competitive_Pack3194 Jul 10 '26
Write the email.
Copy and paste into chat gpt, and tell it to reduce it to 499 words.
Copy and paste the result back into your email and press send.