I do it a lot too. Like, “Kindly reply to this message by Thursday.” Not something that’s going to ruin my day or anything, but you could just ask me to do the thing, and I’ll do the thing, because I’m a professional adult who works hard to meet my obligations. I agree tbh. Perhaps that had something to do with the fact that she was always out of the door exactly at 5pm, at that time it is always daylight here, and even though she kept promising she would come in for a night shift once to get an understanding of what it was like, she never followed through on that promise. :). Please advise.”. It’s sort of a crowd control thing. It’s quite amazing…. It is truly the Phrase That Keeps on Giving. The curse of e-mail is that it’s often so hard to communicate empathy — succinctly anyway. But not only would I be ok implying that I’m telling my boss what to do, but I do that regularly. I sometimes wish I could use 10-4 in emails (to mean recieved and understood). I know that at least part of my strong reaction to “you need to do X by [date], please and thank you” is a result of the person/task combination that used it the most frequently in my last job. It’s directly asking for exactly what the writer wants, so it’s by definition not passive aggressive. recommended further action. exact ( 1 ) Our role for most recalls is to evaluate what they've done, whether we agree with them, and advise further action, if necessary". That makes sense to me. 6. Even when they’re like, . If no further action is required, include a simple closing sentiment such as "I'm happy to discuss this further" or "Let me know if you have any questions or concerns". usually it’s tasks related to a larger thing they’ve agreed to. I also feel it may have something to do with the nature of the relationship you have with the sender – it drove me up the wall to receive an email with “please advise” in it. It does sound stilted, but not “bratty and redundant” to me. The rest of my team backed away slowly when the work landed on my lap.). Just adding a “when you get a chance, thanks” takes two seconds and is much more polite. Is there a long term way to get people to stop giving us unsolicited sales calls? Results for please advice further action if any translation from English to Malay. It has become something that is passed on from one new person to another. I write that, too. Haha, I see people mentioning that here all the time but I have never received an email that said anything about “doing the needful”. Early in my job I would give people way, WAY more information than necessary in emails before I realized that this can be offensive and it’s almost always better to use the minimum information necessary for clarity (not that that is necessarily easy to determine, but as a goal). So I explained the situation and stated quite plainly what I wanted her to do. 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