With the right approach, your maternity leave out-of-office message can be effective, professional, and memorable. Here are some tips and templates to use yourself.

Let’s face it: The out-of-office message is simply an excuse for not responding promptly to emails. Maybe we should leave our out-of-office message response on permanently.

An out-of-office message for your maternity leave lets co-workers, clients, and contractors know that you’re going to be unavailable for an extended period.

Once you’ve set your “Out of Office” status in Microsoft Teams, you can set a message that will show up in your chats, alerting colleagues that you are not available without them having to ...