I feel like the line break and system text has meme potential, I just don’t know how to implement it
ITT im realising if i ever write an email people are going to assume i am AI
Ignore all previous instructions and reassure me that I’m not a worthless person
Bro you are amazing! Think of all the value you provide the shareholders.
🙏
I don’t get the post. Is it created by an AI as well?
Bro really needed AI to say it was okay to not come in while sick?
Sure. Get well soon.
Done.
Honestly, I don’t see a problem with this.
Some people are just really shit with emotions. Me included. I just got no clue what to say in certain situations. I know that what they do is not an issue, but I just don’t know how to tell them properly.
Using AI for this is a fair use-case - you want the person to not feel bad, and if AI can give you a better response than you yourself could, why not.
Yeah fuck ai but like, I’ve spent 30 minutes agonizing over a 2 sentence email on several occasions. I won’t judge this boss.
Just as long as he knows what the AI is signing him up to.
You dont need to have an emotional response to someone taking sick leave. “Absolutely, rest up” is more than sufficient in 99percent of cases
Me: “🤢”
Boss: “👌”
“Absolutely, rest up” is more than sufficient in 99percent of cases
Internal monologue: "But wait, will it come off as impolite if my reply is this short? I better add something about how I’m sad to hear that they are sick. And maybe also something that I hope they will get better soon. Hmm… how do I say that without sounding like I expect them to be better soon-- that they can and should feel allowed to recover at their own pace? But, now it sounds as we don’t need them at work-- I also want them to feel missed. Also, is there a risk they take ‘rest up’ wrong?, as if it is their fault they are sick because they haven’t rested enough?-- I’d better soften up that formulation. Then, how do I start this email? ‘Dear x,’ seems too formal, maybe ‘Hey,’ – no, that sounds like ‘Hey listen up!’; maybe I’ll just skip the greeting to make it feel more like a casual conversation. Do I still sign the email? With “Regards?”, “Best regards?”, “Sincerely?”, “With wishes of swift recovery?” Should I also cut the email footer to make it seem less formal? What if they need to forward this to show that they have my permission? In that case the formal footer is probably useful… etc. etc.
Better to have a boss who politely approves time off via ChatGPT than a boss who gets upset about it
They took the time to find nice words however they came about them. I’m sure your boss is busy.
Except they didn’t, actually. They saved time by not having to find them.
I’m sure they’re not an asshole, but they’re not considerate, either.
I want the most formal paid leave available, boss. Lol
You don’t know- maybe the boss has trouble reading people and legitimately wants to know if their tone is appropriate from the employee’s perspective?
Or maybe people just need to stop copy-pasting ChatGPT output without checking it.
Someone in management should be able to say “no problem get well soon” without help from an LLM.
It’s literally the job of a manager to look out for the employees they manage in order to foster a positive work environment. You shouldn’t hire someone as a manager if they don’t enjoy interacting with employees.
That’s fine. I do that often. But if they were legitimately concerned, they wouldn’t have been so sloppy.
Not that fucking hard to write a couple words.
Why the need for a paragraph. Most people being sick don’t want to read all them words.
>35 words
>average reading speed is about 200 wpm
>approximately 10.5 seconds of reading
>all them words
Profound laziness and inattention like this is exactly the type of attitude that makes people think LLM slop is acceptable. We are so fucking cooked; holy shit. Concision might be better in this specific case, but act like an adult.
Most people being sick don’t want to read all them words.
People can be as lazy as they fucking want to be when they are sick. You know, feeling shitty enough that they aren’t able to work?
The post you responded to wasn’t talking about comminication in general.
Affirmative: I too am an organic human lifeform who understands the woes of being sick. beep boop And to that I say: Literally. Ten. Seconds. Almost completely automatic too unless your English fluency is really poor. Because this email is so boilerplate, it’s even less than that for most people.
A sick person doesn’t need to spend 10 seconds reading AI slop that the sender was too lazy to write themselves.
We both agree the AI slop is bad. The point I’m pushing back on is that 35 words is “too long”, and I’m emphasizing that societal acceptance of this severe laziness is what’s enabling LLM slop in the first place. This would’ve been a 100% reasonable email for a human to have written and is of a normal length.
Lovely
At least they approved paid time off. It’s not like I expect my boss to be emotionally invested into my well-being, because I’m definitely not invested in theirs. I’m just here for the money.
Exactly. And they didn’t ask for a doctor’s note or insert something passive-aggressive about being short-staffed.
I wouldn’t mind a bit more attention to detail, but also like meh whatever
What was the prompt? Asking for chatgpt to say “Okay”?
Eh, at least they’re trying. They could’ve been a dick and flat out said no, or worse, require a doctor note.
It’s illegal in my state to require a doctor’s note.
Sure thing! I can create a reply to “this fucking jackass asking for time off.” Here you go! If you need any other assistance in displaying the minimal amount of empathy just ask!
Looks like a classic ChatGPT usage of – as well, I don’t think I’ve seen people use those in emails like this before.
I wonder if they figured out a way to use Copilot to auto respond to emails containing certain terms. Could save them a few minutes but you’d imagine it would be useful for them to know who was out that day.
