To find "Mrs" in a work email signature a bit cringe

[Whyohwhyohwhy26]

Just that really, is this a new thing or I'm just noticing it more nowadays that some female colleagues have Mrs first name last name on their email signatures where the norm is just names + job title etc. I've never seen a male colleague's email signature be "Mr X" and i'd find that equally odd to be honest. Unless it's a professional title like Dr or Professor AIBU to think putting your personal title in an email signature a bit cringe ?

I've not seen it for years. I started work 40 years ago and did think it was odd then but I'm surprised it's still a thing.

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No specific reason tbh but i don't dramatise over it to be honest.

Just curiously do the Ms out there not wear wedding rings?

I've also got my name in Japanese as it's a Japanese company. I suppose I could put it on every language so as not to offend others....

I thought the traditional etiquette/style was that you use "Mrs. John Smith" if you were married and "Mrs. Jane Smith" if you were divorced. But I could be wrong and am too lazy to track it down. But if that is true then you could really play a few mind games with her by pointing it out.
I just sign my name with no title, and if my profession or degree is important I put it after my name: Jane Smith, M.D. , with my position/job on the line beneath my name. Putting Mrs seems pretentious and absurd.

I'm a Ms and wear a wedding ring. It's entirely compatible with using a title that doesn't denote ones marital status, which is why so many men are able to do it whilst going completely unremarked.

Stop name (title) shaming. It's not up to you how people want to be referred to/as. It's 100% their decision.

It's up to their place of work, isn't it?

I've seen this in work with emails from HMRC. They are all signed off from a Mrs XYZ. Not even a first name! Very formal and we aren't even in trouble! We just need to supply supporting documentation. It seems the whole dept use Mr or Mrs.

I've dealt with a similar HMRC department in Scotland and they are much more informal, using normal first names (the normal way).

Mrs and Miss have had their time, and need to be relegated to the history books. Titles that denote your marital status should have no place in the workplace or modern society. They’re irrelevant.

I do, but only because I work in a military environment in an Officer equivalent role (SO2) and it stops non-commissioned staff calling me "ma'am" when there is no need.

I do this in my customer facing role when emailing customers as I hate the prefix 'ms', which sounds to me like an uptight feminist. If people dont like it, or think it 'cringe' I dont care tbh.......

My colleague does and it’s such a ick

What’s it got to do with you what people call themselves? Find something important to think about.

Can be cultural, I’m corresponding with Vietnam and it’s definitely used there

Why would they need to use any title for you? I’ve not used any titles in a work context since I started work.

No, wouldn’t bother me.

People at schools send emails with ‘Mr’ ‘Mrs’ ‘Miss’ prefix. Otherwise it’s very odd. As if colleagues give two fucks about your marriage status.

I've rarely seen this sign off on emails but wouldn't be offended if I did.

Common in my bit of the public sector (as is having “nee” in the signature even years afterwards).

Why do you care? You must have lots of free time and very few issues to worry about something so random.

I think correct form is in brackets after the name (Mrs/Ms/Miss). The recipient is then in no doubt what the correct form of address is. I was always taught to say my full name not to preface with Mrs/Ms/ Miss because those are courtesy titles. Not that they are used much these days, but generally it is up to the person addressed to state ‘you can call me first name’ otherwise use the title.

@Whyohwhyohwhy26 , Mr is a courtesy title ie you can be well mannered and use it when speaking to a man but it makes my flesh creep when a man refers to himself as Mr So&So, he is not entitled to do so. People with professional titles like Dr are entitled to use them ditto Mrs, it is perfectly proper to style oneself Mrs So&So. It might be unusual, you may think it rather old fashioned and chose not to do it yourself but you need to get over it if others do because Mrs So&So is entitled to her title.

@NorthXNorthWest , women are literally entitled to their titles (miss/ Mrs/Ms) men are not entitled to use Mr.

Why not?

What’s “nee”?

Seriously? It's the woman's family name before marriage.