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

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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'm saying it makes me cringe a bit as it's irrelevant to work unless I'm missing something, as I said I've worked in several companies and never seen it until this one where several staff do it. Dunno if it's deep enough to refer to cringing at someone's email signature as putting down their personal choices

when i worked for an Asian company in Europe, many of the women in the Eastern European locations did that. It helped our Asian chaps know who was a man and who wasn't.

I don't care. I prefer Mrs/Ms/Mr to "Firstname Lastname (she/her)"

Can't really see a problem.

Oh god this is next level, it reads like a gravestone

No, not at all. I just find it very immature language for anyone old enough to work in a professional environment.

It's a better way than using the "pronouns". I see it frequently.

No, it's not cringe.

Just because we tend to use first names here doesn't mean it's the norm in every other country. Yes, some people do use titles. So what?

I also see Chinese people making a point to indicate which one is their first/ last name

This was more common a couple of decades ago.

I wonder if its tied into the trend of putting pronouns and other silly shiz in signatures etc

I have never seen anyone use Mr, Miss or Mrs in their email. That is really odd.

Im from a generation and social
group that learned the best way to get ahead was to downplay the fact that we are women. I still think it is a bad idea to draw attention to your sex, minority status, or disability in daily workplace communication unless necessary. The entire concept of bringing one’s whole self to work can easily backfire.

I use “Mrs“ occasionally in my work email signature but only when corresponding with people where I know the correct formal title is important. When I do this, it’s always put in brackets after my name.

It’s interesting how times change. If you are being technically correct, Mrs <own first name> <surname> actually denotes a divorcee. Where a woman is married, her husband‘s first name should be used rather than her own. There are incredibly few places where I see that being used today and obviously completely inappropriate in the workplace

Not at all, if that is the person's title. Many women use a professional title, such as Doctor, but others don't, just as some people say we should all use Mx, or Ms. I personally don't mind, as long as someone isn't trying to address me by my first name but expecting me to call them Mrs/Mr/Dr or whatever.

Millennials have been in the workplace nearly 2 /3 decades now, I'd guess it's surely dated language now. Don't think you'd catch anyone below 30 caught dead using it either if that makes you feel better or feel free to state your preferred mature descriptor

some of us changed our names on marriage (I did, it goes with my first name way better than my unmarried name) and have been active in our careers for a while before that. If you were well known (published papers etc) in your old name, then it helps if you show that by indicating that you had a different name at one point.

for pp saying there should be a universal thing - there is. It is Mx

I know exactly what you're saying - we all do.

There was no need to explain it again.

We're all US / UK based. I get someone people use titles in their everyday life but how do you "use it" in a professional setting except stating it in an email which everyone's is obviously going to not use when referring to you? I've just never seen it before this company and only with female employees who use Mrs as a title hence asking if this a trend..

Very true.
Anyone who gets so easily upset by someone's signature choice is far more than unreasonable. Why do so many think the world revolved round them and their preferences? What if someone said they found 'they' unreasonable in the pronoun stakes?

It’s definitely cringe. Even teachers who write letters and emails to parents use first and last name only and they are used to being called Mrs or Mr all day long, I think the exception maybe the head.

Personal lives (married or not) should not filter into the work place.

I worked in a professional setting in London for 20 years and this never happened.

What am I saying? I can't really see why you're equating an email signature with a choice. Might change mine to Princess X if email signatures aren't now we expect anyone to refer to us

I see this in education, we tend to use our title, but some of have professional titles.

Find use of Mrs weird full stop. Most of married women I know use Ms. It’s bizarre to have a female title to indicate marital status imo

My dad had a colleague who bought one of those “lady of the manor” titles on the internet and then signed all her mails “Lady…” like she was an actual aristo, and insisted on being addressed that way in all written communication. That really is very cringe indeed.
Some women get quite offended if addressed the wrong way (Miss/Ms/Mrs) perhaps this is just a way of ensuring everyone knows their preference? I don’t really care so long as they spell my name right.

Super cringe. Sooner women just ditch Miss and Mrs and adopt Ms the better IMO. Mr does fine for men pre and post marriage!

I don't mind too much if it's someone's own email signature - up to them.

What I HATE is people starting their email with 'Dear Sirs', particularly women who know I am also a woman!

YABU to call it a bit cringe, it’s actually maximum cringe.

When I started working 20 years ago a few of the older ladies did this - I had no idea it was still a thing!
I don't think I've ever addressed someone by title+ lastname in the workplace

you are being utterly ridiculous.

Using Mrs does not mean your "personal life" filters in the work place. Or do you also expect people to remove their engagement / wedding rings before they walk through the door?

And remove any jewellery wearing the name of their child as well?