Maternity Leave Email Question

hsbbride

I'm probably over thinking this, but when you were out on maternity leave, do you remember what your email out of office message said? 

WinesNot Whines

I think mine said something like "I am on leave until February 2010. If you need assistance, please contact [name]."  It was pretty vague.

jlm245

The women in my office have just said they are on "extended leave" and given a contact.  (No return date.)

tomandcourt

I said I was on maternity leave. Something like, "I am out of the office on maternity leave until DATE. If you need immediate assistance, please contact XX at XX. Otherwise I will respond when I return."

I wanted to specify maternity leave so no one thought that I might be checking e-mail and they knew if they wanted something they had to talk to my backup. Plus, it made it easier when I came back - everyone knew where I'd been when I came back so lots less explaining to do.

victoria1212

Mine said something like:

I will be out of the office until [insert date] and will have no access to email or voicemail. If you need immediate assistance, please contact [person filling my role]. Otherwise, I will contact you upon my return in June.

 

mssaint

I think I said maternity leave on mine.

 Then I forgot to turn off my work email on my iphone and started forwarding things and occasionally answering one or two emails (not in-depth - only what could be typed with one hand while nursing). I'm a little bit of a workaholic.

vtkgirl77

victoria1212:

Mine said something like:

I will be out of the office until [insert date] and will have no access to email or voicemail. If you need immediate assistance, please contact [person filling my role]. Otherwise, I will contact you upon my return in June.

Mine was similar to this. I didn't mention maternity leave but I did give a date when I would return.

belizeitornot

WinesNotWhines:

I think mine said something like "I am on leave until February 2010. If you need assistance, please contact [name]."  It was pretty vague.

Mine was similar to this. I didn't say I was on maternity leave, just extended leave and listed my projected return date (end of Feb.). I also said I wouldn't have access to email or voicemail just in case someone thought I ought to have responded to them.

veruca5839

I think I said something along the lines of "out on leave, please contact [person], I won't have access to email or voicemail."  I don't even think I included a return date in there because I wasn't sure of the exact day.

Artslvr

I left my reason for being out vague, and left my return date vague.  As in "I will return in February" - because I didn't know what day.