Work email etiquette

Agree.

Same, it saves time.

We do it for info and with close colleagues.

I don't consider it rude, wouldn't use it with people I don't work closely with - the same group of people you might stick a post it on their screen saying e.g. Sue from Payroll called

I really hate 'hope you are well.' The sender has no interest in the recipient's health, only wants attention to the email.

But - yes, just the subject line is incredibly rude. Where's the please or thank you? I think I'd mention it to sender or line manager as I'd not wish to work like this - colleagues with no respect for manners.

In those situations I will copy the subject into the body of the text

it is redundant,but it does feel odd to send a blank email.

Internal emails to people you email constantly do not need fluffy softeners that waste time. If someone has a genuine bit of chit chat to add that is fine, but hope you are well needs to die.

As long as you don't reply you're welcome every time someone says thanks

I'd IM it, having asked "could you ....thankyou". Basic good manners regardless of your level and a necessity of you're senior asking a junior.

You see I think that kind of email makes people look junior.

I've noticed that there's an inverse correlation between seniority and formal language. The more senior the person, the less they flower up their communication. "I hope this email finds you well" to me makes someone sound inexperienced and a bit cringing.

Being polite is important, but overdoing it undermines your authority.

I send these.

im a teacher and expected to let the office know if a pupil has arrived after the register is closed in form time.

i just send the required info

XX is now in. In the subject line.

I am in the middle of taking the class so really my attention is needed elsewhere.

I never considered it rude. Better check with the office just in case as I seem to be in the minority!

Please and thank you, yes, that's just basic manners.

But "how are you?" and "hope you are well?" and "best wishes" are completely OTT for brief discussions among colleagues who work closely together and have been in touch multiple times that day. Unnecessary, pointless and distracting.

I wouldn’t send an email like that at work - would probably delete it too if I received one

@Thepeopleversuswork

You couldn't manage a please and thank you?

I would go to the polite extreme.

Subject - the subject (ie transfer of X to Y)
Text - good morning. I hope this email finds you well. Please transfer X to Y.
Sign off - Kind regards, your name

Do this every time.

I used to do it when we were in the office before covid if I took a message for someone - please call xxxxxx from xxxxxxx on 01234567890. I found people wouldn't necessarily open emails and as there if nothing more to say there was no point in adding text

@CesareBorgia It can't be deleted in our Teams.

I do it occasionally e.g. 'X is now ready for you to review' but I attended a training session this week called 'Work smarter not harder' and this is one of the email tips we were given.

If it's an encouraged custom in your workplace, that's fair enough - though not sure why you wouldn't use Teams or similar for one line messages.

I send just attachments with no text sometimes...but if I have just been speaking to someone within seconds/minutes of sending the email.

Other than that, there is always something in the main body. Not always the "Dear colleague....blah blah.." but something. The closer the collegue, the more recent the chat about it the shorter the text probably so a "Hi, further to our chat in the corridor, please would you give me access to the compliance files" would be probably the shortest

Would never send just something in the subject line.

Just feels hyper rude.

We are encouraged to do subject line only emails with EOM at the end.... So people can read and delete without opening them.

The subject line of the email will be for example "Transfer the Merc A180 to BCA"

YABU, the best place for an A180 is the scrap yard, not British Car Auctions!!

For external people, sure, but it's daft to email "hope you are well?" to a colleague you've had two Teams calls with already that day and talked about their holiday with when you're just asking them what the ETA is on a document....

I'd be more annoyed by pointless pleasantries than I would by brusqueness, if it was someone I knew.

Just send a Teams message

Depends on the person and the subject.

"Can you turn the music down please?" Doesn't need more context.

"Please pay attached invoice" only needs the invoice attached.

Coming from the people in my team, these wouldn't be rude. However, if a customer emailed me something like "Call me" or whatever, that would be rude.

I'm all for short, to the point emails. But no text at all, unless you are sending an attachment to someone you are speaking to at the time, is rude.

And even if it wasn't your manager doesn't like it so you should go with what they want

This.
I'd presume something was wrong with the chat facility.
Not as a routine habit.

I used to work for someone who would reply to some emails "?" If he didn't understand something within the email. I sure as hell didn't know which bit his "?" referred to. He did this to everyone, not just me.