I love trying to learn how to communicate with MERGER company. We truly have different vocabularies and styles...Here is a sample email exchange (some details changed to protect subject info and identities, but I promise no license for comic purposes.)
Wenderina to MERGER Comm Team (MCT):
Hi guys – happy Monday! I was hoping you might provide me with a complete list of MERGER Operating Companies (OpCos)? We recently created matrices for capabilities in the [widget] business (for meeting next week) based on a model [Global Leader] sent us for [other widgets], but I believe we are missing some OpCos. I wanted to cross-check against a master list.
Let me know if you can provide one.
MCT to Wenderina:
SILENCE
FIVE DAYS LATER...
MCT Member to Wenderina:
You can find all the OpCos in our annual report 2008 (attached) or on [MERGER Intranet] or at www.[MERGER].com.
Let me know if you need another kind of info.
Wenderina to MCT Member:
Thank you MCT Member. We don’t have access to [MERGER Intranet] yet, but good to know the global website listing is the right info.
MCT Member to Wenderina:
Did you see them in the annual report?
Wenderina to MCT Member:
To tell you the truth, not really. While I saw some breakdowns in financials, as well as the organizational diagram on p. 112…I just wasn’t sure what equated to Operating Company as that is defined.
MCT Member to Wenderina:
Yes.
???? Yes ????
No, puzzled reader, I did not skip a step in relating this communication string to you. That was honestly the response I got to my last comment/question. This is the professional Communications Team we are joining with. G*d help us.
So, how would I have answered this request if it came from them to us?
Well, within one day, I would have sent an email with a listing of the OpCos clearly defined. Then, I would have pointed to where exactly in the Annual Report and where exactly on the global website the info could be found.
And, if someone had asked me for clarification of definition of Op Co, I would NOT have answered "yes".
Geez. Communications 101, folks.
4 comments:
What was it you said about hubby and his expectations of the working environment? Well I guess you are also faced with the same higher expectations of people in authority or with you. I know your
principles so have motivation to change just as long as it doesn`t comsume you.
I would never survive in that work environment. Good Luck!
You don't have to have these sorts of exchanges with 10-year olds. Thank goodness!
I feel your pain, it goes on with our salespeople all the time!
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