Red heart emoji on a teams work chat...

[Ineedaslap]

So, DH has been messaging a lass in his IT dept about some equipment he needs.

She has red hearted all his messages, and in his last message where he thanks her he has put a red heart emoji in the message.

I've seen the messages and they are innocuous, he says he has never spoken to her before but I am a bit aghast and annoyed at the red hearts.

He says I am being ridiculous and need to sort my jealousy issues out and that it means nothing.

But as someone who wouldn't use a red heart in a message to anyone other than DH then I am not so sure.

So people of Mumsnet, how would you have reacted to this?

I've received red hearts on Teams from men who are 100% not into me, but they 'liked' the content of my message (usually saying 'nothing else to do on x project for now' or 'I'll get us a cup of tea' for example).

If the messages are innocuous, I wouldn't be that concerned (your DH can't control what others send him... and I'd assume his final message with the sole red heart was probably trying to 'match' her tone).

Are they under 8s "working" at Kidzania?

There's definitely a generation gap on this thread!

It bloody sounds like it!

Emojis on Teams are usually to just stop the back and forth texting with a quick acknowledgement.
👍🏻= noted or quick thanks
❤️= love it (not love you) or v grateful

My colleagues and I range from mid 20s to early 60s and find emojis useful

Red heart = thanks for going above and beyond in my team.
Thumbs = good idea
Wow = hadn't thought of that
Aubergine = want a shag?

Oh, give over.
It depends on what field you work in, I suppose. Red hearts wouldn't be appropriate in many professional environments

I use the hearts when it's an enthusiastic positive, and where a thumbs up acknowledgement can sometimes look a bit crap

That's pretty much exactly how they're used in the organisation I work for, amongst all colleagues (ranging from age 20 to 50+).

Also op on teams in the short quick access list of emojis there is only 👍❤️😂😮 so not a lot of choice

Red heart = thanks for going above and beyond in my team
Who's decided that's what it means?

Lots of people put these all over teams where I work - they mean very little. A slightly more effusive version of the thumbs-up emoji.

Yea, the young wokies getting worried red hearts literally mean "i love you" 🤣

I think it is something like that tbh.

May have overreacted, I will apologise.

If red hearts are considered dodgy then my entire team is probably getting sacked, and if my husband sees my various teams chats with both male and female colleagues I'm probably getting divorced.

Maybe it depends on the workplace but in my team it's completely innocuous. Other emojis are also used including dog ones because most of us own or like dogs. During December we used Christmas trees for everything.

Do you not work? Teams messages are a very normal way to communicate with colleagues.

Me.

This thread is very depressing.

@ReadersD1gest You mentioned email - do you actually use teams it’s quite different (I don’t emoji emails)

I would be astonished if I saw red heart emojis on DHs work messages - wholly inappropriate and unprofessional. But if they look otherwise non suspicious then I wouldn't worry.
😂 at you needing therapy. No you don't.

Oops guess I'm having an affair with every single person in my office then.

We just default heart messages when someone helps you or thanks you or whatever, means absolutely nothing, just pretty standard of the team dynamics. Several of my married male colleagues have hearted messages of mine and vice versa, very unlikely it's because they're frothing for an affair. Our Teams chats are fairly laid back, as I imagine lots of places are.

I work for a very big professional services firm. Some of you would be horrified at some of the emojis flying around messages. We even send gifs 😵 the unprofessionalism - faints

@Alstothemarvshien Why is this thread depressing?

Are we seriously at the point where we a policing our husbands work messages? If your husband can’t be trusted to message a women at work warn her that he’s a sex pest.