It's not just a late summer thing, this is a chronic problem for a few of us. I can't decide if it's because our PI (Professor) is so hands off (also doesn't answer most emails), when our PI should be cracking whip at colleagues for us to help us get stuff done, or if it's just some specific colleagues who have a culture of never-reply (yet I know some Profs & colleagues who are hyper conscientious about answering all emails, tbf), or if it's just a rampant practice in research & academia (I think this is the truth).
We're not sending cold call publish-in-my-dodgy-journal emails. We send genuine work queries to people who seem to be paid to collaborate with us. And mostly feck all replies.. delay... never... delay... never... delay. For months on end. Sometimes with a sporadic spontaneous query "Did you still want me to comment on this?!" It takes me 20-40 minutes to read a journal article & 45 minutes to send back very detailed comments. How tight is their time they never reply after 2 months, even though they are coauthors? I resort a lot to "If I don't hear from you by X-date I WILL assume you approve of this report written as is."
Do you answer most your work-related emails? If not, why not? If you recognise what I'm talking about, why do you think there's so much ignoring emails in research environments? DH works in private sector & is appalled by my stories of never-replies & very late replies from supposed colleagues.
Even telecons... we agee action points but then others do none of promised followup, especially if they are based somewhere far away. Out of sight out of Mind.
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MedSchoolRat · 04/09/2018 05:50
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