for important stuff they can be good as i don’t like answering the phone, or making phonecalls, and a missed call with a voicemail can be good to help me prepare in advance for the call back. good if it’s about a job interview or something and they let you know the available days and you’ve got time to think about it before ringing them back. have also had a couple of job knockbacks via voicemail which was much more painless than actually speaking to the person.
fucking hate informationless voicemails though. “hi, it’s Shitcunts Ltd calling for Mr Icarus Smicarus, can you please give us a call back today on 028…” ffs just tell me what you want