Seasonal greetings to previous bosses and business contacts

Dec 15th, 2019 4:09 pm

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rdx [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Jun 7, 2005; 8892 posts; 687 upvotes

Dec 15th, 2019 4:09 pm

Seasonal greetings to previous bosses and business contacts

Just wonder if anyone sends seasonal greeting emails to previous bosses and business contacts just to keep in touch. I wonder if I should send them early next week as I assume lot of people are taking the last two of December off.

Thanks for any opinions.

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Dec 15th, 2019 4:14 pm

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ProductGuy: Deal Addict; Jan 1, 2017; 1330 posts; 1172 upvotes

Dec 15th, 2019 4:14 pm

rdx wrote: ↑ Just wonder if anyone sends seasonal greeting emails to previous bosses and business contacts just to keep in touch. I wonder if I should send them early next week as I assume lot of people are taking the last two of December off.

Thanks for any opinions.

I go meet up for coffee/drinks with them to catch up.

Dec 15th, 2019 4:21 pm

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rdx [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Jun 7, 2005; 8892 posts; 687 upvotes

Dec 15th, 2019 4:21 pm

ProductGuy wrote: ↑ I go meet up for coffee/drinks with them to catch up.

Agree. Ideally yes, unfortunately, I am working far from where they work now, and some of them are out of town ..........

Dec 16th, 2019 10:39 am

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JacobV91325: Jr. Member; May 15, 2019; 141 posts; 145 upvotes

Dec 16th, 2019 10:39 am

Yep- I still do send cards/gifts to all my ex-bosses even after their retirement as I continue to garner tidbits of wisdom from them to date.

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Dec 16th, 2019 10:45 am

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rdx [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Jun 7, 2005; 8892 posts; 687 upvotes

Dec 16th, 2019 10:45 am

JacobV91325 wrote: ↑ Yep- I still do send cards/gifts to all my ex-bosses even after their retirement as I continue to garner tidbits of wisdom from them to date.

That is great. Do you send them to their offices ?

I wish I still work near their offices, so that I can call them out for coffee or lunch once a while to keep in touch.

Does it sound odd if I just send them seasonal greeting emails ?

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Dec 16th, 2019 10:48 am

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BananaHunter: Deal Fanatic; Sep 23, 2007; 5061 posts; 1153 upvotes

Dec 16th, 2019 10:48 am

Email is better than nothing. The more personalized, the more likely you stay "fresh" in their minds. There's no hard and fast rule. It's like impressing your date. The more effort you put in, in general the better the result.

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Dec 16th, 2019 11:16 am

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JacobV91325: Jr. Member; May 15, 2019; 141 posts; 145 upvotes

Dec 16th, 2019 11:16 am

To their home addresses

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Dec 16th, 2019 2:23 pm

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maple1: Deal Addict; Jun 27, 2006; 1671 posts; 1924 upvotes

Dec 16th, 2019 2:23 pm

Nothing wrong with sending holiday wishes. Everyone gets busy and just to say hi is often appreciated as we can't always meet up in person as life gets in the way.

BTW, there is LinkedIn to help keep in touch with professional contacts.

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Dec 16th, 2019 2:57 pm

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rdx [OP]: Deal Fanatic; Jun 7, 2005; 8892 posts; 687 upvotes

Dec 16th, 2019 2:57 pm

maple1 wrote: ↑ Nothing wrong with sending holiday wishes. Everyone gets busy and just to say hi is often appreciated as we can't always meet up in person as life gets in the way.

BTW, there is LinkedIn to help keep in touch with professional contacts.

Thanks. Totally agree. I just want to keep in touch with them. Not just message them when I need help from them. You know even if I have time to meet them, they might not have to time to meet me as some of them are VP or even EVP.

Yes, those who are on Linkedin, I usually message them there. However, not everyone checks that regularly. Thus, I am thinking to send to their office emails.

My question now is that if I should send it now (would it be too early for seasonal greetings ?) or next week (Christmas week, but then people could be off till next year) ?

Dec 16th, 2019 3:04 pm

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maple1: Deal Addict; Jun 27, 2006; 1671 posts; 1924 upvotes

Dec 16th, 2019 3:04 pm

Don't over think it since it is to say hi. If they have a chance, they will read it when you send it, if not, they will read it when they have time. No one will hold it against you if you were a day late or a day early.

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Dec 23rd, 2019 6:29 pm

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ausername: Member; May 2, 2014; 300 posts; 85 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 23rd, 2019 6:29 pm

send greaters within 4 days before. you can text or email.... dont make it look awkward by going overboard.

i do this to keep myself in the loop should i ever need a reference for a job down the road