Kisses on work emails?

[BeadedBubbles]

Does anyone do this/think it's okay? Recently started a new role and one of my new colleagues sometimes puts an x at the end of her emails to me. First time I thought it was a mistake but she's done it several times since.

Seems very unprofessional to me and a bit cringey. But maybe it's more common than I think?

I agree with the suggestion of a quiet word. Someone could mistake it for affection and cause her unwanted attention.

Unless you work for a small business where you all know each other or something - absolutely not!

Depends on the person. Some of the younger ones have done which always surprised me. Kind of liked it though. Not so much those of us who are jaded cynical old bats 😂

I don't like any emojis or sentiment such as this. It has no place in a work setting and makes a comedy out of what should be a commercial and professional environment.

If you've only ever met her once and you're not close then it's very weird.

I do agree it's unprofessional but have probably been known to send an email with a kiss to my good work friend but even then it would only be when discussing something more casual like "Enjoy your holiday to Paris x" or "Glad you're feeling better x". But we've worked together for years and are friends outside of work.

I can't imagine anyone at my work sending a professional email with a kiss on it. Even if reasonably informal. "Please could you forward the presentation slides from last week? X" just seems very odd.

I did this once, weeks into my new job, to the senior management team.

Had installed outlook on my phone and was just in text mode (rather than professional email mode) and signed off with a 'x'

Utterly mortified and followed up with a 'how the fuck can the new hire be so unprofessional, so sorry' email immediately.

Got a bollocking from the ceo after emailing him the next day for not putting a 'x' on his email ;-)

I very occasionally do this if the work email then turns into something more personal (like a hospital appointment kind of thing replying with a ‘Hope it goes well x’) and it’s a colleague I am closer to.

But it’s by far the exception.

I have a colleague who does it with most emails and in person she is horrible and snappy - the exact opposite of the tone of her messages (to me anyway!)

I feel she’s overcompensating trying to come across as being really nice and new folk to the organisation may initially be fooled by it - totally fake ☹️

It depends who I'm talking to but we do most if our communication via WhatsApp rather than emails. One of the fitters, I do it because he does and one woman because she does but I don't think I do with any of the others.

Guilty as charged! And will continue to do so, but it depends on the organiation culture and the tone of the email. x

I do it to three people, two are my actual friends in and out of work, the third is a lady who is quite high up, she really likes me because I backed her up in a meeting when a chap decided to try to put her in her place, everyone else froze.
She signs off with her first initial and a kiss (she only does it to me) I like feeling special 😁
I sometimes end an email to my team members with a winky face if I'm reminding them to do something or if they've completely forgotten to do something, just to take the sting out of it.
I would think it's weird from a new starter or someone I wasn't close to

Kisses on messages/emails are ridiculous Imo, unless you're 15 and messaging your boyfriend, it's incredibly childish and looks ridiculous

Absolutely not, never. It's highly unprofessional and I would have to reply and flag it up if it was me.
There are some people I know who seem to have picked up a habit of adding an X or a few at the end of everything though, it's so weird.

Hell no, totally unprofessional

That's funny 😆

I'm 40s and think perhaps it's a generational thing. I don't even put xxx to all of my texts messages to friends! Only if they do that so I do it back.

At work I wouldn't do it unless it's a close friend.

Perhaps gently say to her it's a professional environment.

Not unless you are close friends but even then this,is a,work environment

I have a colleague who always says hun in her emails. It gives me the rage!

id guess it depends on the company culture and general company rules

We do it in our place. At first I thought it was weird but it's just normal now.

For some reason, I accidentally only seem to do this to my boss way more often than you'd probably think is an accident.. and every time I am mortified.

All my colleagues kiss each other on email and I genuinely find it reassuring that they’re all feeling humans. I have some clients that sign off with a kiss and so I reciprocate.

Inappropriate and pretty pathetic

I’ve done it by accident on occasion but have always followed up with the email with an apology and a cringe 🤣🤣

Teams is the worst as it feels just like messenger And I do have chat chats with work friends and send kisses to them so it’s kinda automatic. I’m also a sucker for a GIF but my whole team is.

Actual work emails to colleagues - no way. They get my 'many thanks, Granny Hut' standard sig.

Semi / total chat emails to people that are good friends I met at work, that I talk bollocks with (not via email!), and we sometimes go to the pub at the weekend? Might end it with 'G x' if it's something personal like 'left your keys on your desk, you left them in the loo!' that would never be forwarded to anyone in a million years.

Although, to give context, it's actually, genuinely, company policy to use emoji in emails! So, there's that...

Massively unprofessional and would make me think less of the person.