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I thought emojis were cheesy for a long time. I had a boss who had better people skills than me (not in tech) and she recommended I start using them. She said m
by schwartzworld 5y ago
I thought emojis were cheesy for a long time. I had a boss who had better people skills than me (not in tech) and she recommended I start using them. She said my emails come across as very serious and sometimes the tone she knows I have when talking is lost. She felt emojis softened everything and made it more casual.
Damn if she wasn't right. Often I write something I need to say, then realize it could be interpreted as mean or aggressive rather than funny and casual like I intended. Cue the emoji
- sambeau 5y agoThis is my experience too. Our company has become a much more relaxed and friendly place since we embraced emoji.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoEmojis in email in a business context? Maybe I'm just too old, or maybe it's because I don't work at some dreadful valley startup, but anyone at my company using emoji in a work email would probably get treated like a child and not taken seriously.
- matsemann 5y agoMaybe you and your company should try emojis to get rid of the hostility..?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoI'm not being hostile, I'm being descriptive of the business culture I know. I can't think of anywhere I've ever worked where you wouldn't be looked down on for using emoji in an email. This post is the first I've ever heard of such a thing being acceptable practice.
- schwartzworld 5y agoYour company sounds like a shitty place to work.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoIt really isn't. It's just the culture of business in my experience. Most offices would look down on someone who wore shorts and a T-shirt to work too. I guess there is a very different culture in some of the places some of you people are working.
- schwartzworld 5y ago> Most offices would look down on someone who wore shorts and a T-shirt to work too I understand that some offices are business casual, but you're saying they would allow t-shirt and shorts, but judge you for exercising that option?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoI honestly don't recall if it is against policy, and I've never witnessed a case where it has come up, but I wouldn't say it is "allowed". I'd say the same thing about emoji use really. Email is business related correspondence and a certain amount of professionalism is expected.