What are your feelings on "cc-ing" someone on every email at work?

Every email seems excessive, but it would depend on the situation.

Sometimes it can be a good thing, in the sense of “CYA”. It also depends upon what you do, how long you have been with the organization, or a host of other reasons.

@JLeslie…the request is from my new boss, who I am still making up my mind about. He was referring to all facilities requests, but I never had to do that for my old boss and things got handled just fine. Thing is, I know the head of facilities and he will probably be at least somewhat annoyed, as he will feel the guy is keeping tabs on him.

Unless that person had a vested interest in the project I’m working on currently, it would seem excessive and like they don’t trust me. But maybe this person just wants to make sure to stay up to date on the work you’re doing.

I HATE when people CC new people mid-way through a thread, showing them the whole history of the conversation. I was emailing back and forth with a teammate in an informal way when suddenly he CC’d the CTO on the thread. I was mortified.

@Mariah, the funny thing is, I’m not sure the facilities guy is going to reply all when he responds.

@yankeetooter, well that’s up to the facilities guy. If his boss has asked him to do it, and he doesn’t, he can explain why he’s made that decision himself. As to the boss’s request, it sounds like overkill to me. Perhaps the new boss has no idea how many emails he’s likely to be copied in on. Perhaps he wants to get a sense of what’s happening in your department. You could politely ask him if you feel he’d be open to explaining.

@Earthbound_Misfit…I don’t know. Maybe he just wants to be kept in the loop. You’re right in that he may get tired of being cced all the time.
I just know from past experience that there’s a politic way to put in requests without coming off demanding, and generally, when bosses put their two cents in, it tends to come off that way…which often leads to things being more difficult.

You could use blind cc (BCC) if you think it will annoy the facilities manager.

@JLeslie…that would be worse, in my mind. What if he replied back and said something that got taken the wrong way?

Good point. I never use BCC myself, because I don’t like the behind the back thing, but I thought it was worth mentioning.

How long does it take to hit the cc button?

It’s the easiest option rather than trying to convince the new boss that his request should be discontinued.

If he’s doing this routinely with e eryone, it won’t take too long for him to get tired of the flood of cc emails he will be receiving.

You aren’t doing anything wrong so letting him read it all shouldn’t be that much of a problem. Let him get sick and tired of it on his own. I have a feeling it won’t take that long :)

If the boss asks you to do it, just do it. If you think the facilities guy will be annoyed, then next time you see him, mention that your boss asked that you cc him and that’s why you’re doing it.

If the boss gets annoyed from seeing a lot of these emails, he’ll tell you. I’m guessing that since it only takes one second for him to click on and then click off, he will leave it alone.

Do it. It is a sign that your bosses don’t trust themselves.. I had a new boss who asked to be cc’d on things. I did it, but whenever we would meet I’d mention something about one of the mails. “How about that price target from sales! Pretty bold don’t you think?” Or “Wasn’t the FRX result surprising?” I pretended that I thought he was actually reading the stuff. He was put on the spot so often he eventually asked me to stop. We agreed that I would only cc if I thought it would be helpful or if the was some legal or business reason.

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If the company is very customer focused. I don’t think it is a bad thing.

I cc my boss on all emails . My job has very direct contact with the customer and what we say in emails is very very important.

It’s just work…. who cares