Irrationally enraged by colleague's email signature, or is it inappropriate?

[Peakhim]

I have a newish colleague who has his email set up to give his full name, degree achieved (masters) followed by his full job title. This comes up in all internal emails and his job rarely involves sending external ones.

I think it's wanky and actually rude. No one else does it and many have more qualifications than him. People even comment on it and poke fun. I hoped he would notice by now that it's not done and take it down. It doesn't help that it comes up in really big letters after his normal sign off.

I'm his line manager and wonder whether to tell him to take it off but things aren't going well with him overall so I don't want it to look petty or like bullying.

But fuck, who does that??

@acis - what is the difference between an honours degree and an ordinary degree?

In some workplaces, external emails contain this sort of thing as a reassurance to clients they are qualified or certified for the role they have. However, it is unusual to do this for internal use only

Our email signature is the same whether for external or internal emails

Aridane, as I understand it, an ordinary degree is basically a pass degree but no more.

"Aridane, as I understand it, an ordinary degree is basically a pass degree but no more."

Yes, except that with the OU you can (or at least it used to be an option) get an ordinary degree by doing one module less than the whole degree.

when you email him, you must put a spoof sig at the bottom

@acis love that!

I think you're being very mean and picky and you're his line manager! He's obviously proud of his degree, so what. Once you set up an email signature it happens automatically as soon as you create an email, I just can't see your problem

I guess OP just doesn’t like him and finds his work performance substandard and therefore everything the hapless employee does irritates wfuck out of her. You know, like a simple email signature which could either be ignored or said employee informed of the generally accepted format at the company