Do people in your office e-mail the whole company with dumb things (lunch orders, lost glove, etc)?

Question

I work in an office that employs about 2,000 people in 3 buildings. It amazes me that every single person has access to send from the main distribution list. Everyday I get dumb e-mails from random people about lunch orders being placed, lost items, invites for retirement cakes for people, birthday cakes, parking spot raffles, silly contests taking place, etc.

Now mind you – these e-mails really only apply to one team or department that is sending it. However, the whole distribution list (2,000 employees) are being notified when these e-mails are sent.

These departments also have their own distribution lists so I don’t understand how management gets all these e-mails and says nothing. Does this happen at anyone else’s offices?

Answer 1

Similar thing happened to my company but as soon as few people complained to the IT, they fixed it right away. Apparently, the person made a mistake and selected the entire company as the receipient instead of her group only.

Answer 2

At my job we have something called b board which comes through the email system, but doesn't hit anyone's inbox. It goes into it's own separate folder. People post nonsense on there about stuff for sale, apartments for rent, tickets available, etc...It's like a listserve, I guess. I never bother reading it. That would probably be a nice alternative to what's going on at your office. Why don't you propose something like that? It would probably be pretty well recieved-I know people here love it, and those who don't want to see it just don't have to bother clicking on it.

Answer 3

All the time. It is annoying.

Answer 4

yes, and i hate it.