WWE President Nick Khan appeared on The Varsity to discuss various topics, including his dislike of receiving out-of-office replies to emails.
Khan said, “I just don’t understand why any human would do that. Basically, if someone emails you, it’s typically because they need a question answered or they need something. It’s in our hiring practice — you know, Chris Legentil who is not only our head of comms [communication], but our head of talent. Chris is never an out-of-office guy. If you call Chris Legentil at 3 AM, he’ll answer on the first ring and say, ‘Hey, what’s up?’”
He continued, “In addition to out-of-office email replies that drive me crazy, the ‘Hey, I’m tired.’ That drives me crazy. Everyone is tired. ‘I’m so busy.’ I read an article years ago, ‘I’m busy is a way of saying I’m important,’ which I get, so assume everyone is busy. You’re busy every day. Are there days where you’re like, ‘No one has texted me, I don’t have anything to do.’ It just doesn’t work that way. No out-of-office replies here. No, ‘I’m busy.’ No, ‘I’m tired.’”
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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
