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What to text back when your boss says « Noted. »

Already decoded. Here's what they actually meant, the specific words doing the damage, and three replies ranked by what we'd send.

Boss

Noted.

Ice cold brush off

What they actually meant

They are shutting the conversation down and letting you know they heard you, but they're definitely annoyed or checked out. They want you to drop it and get back to work without another word.

How loaded this is · loaded

Replies you can send

Keep it calm

sounds good, will keep you updated.

Hold your ground

let me know if you want to talk it through once you have time.

Change the game

We'd send this one

sounds good, focusing on the rest of the queue today.

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