How do you sign off on work Emails?

[WindyWilma]

I used to sign off Kind regards but DD28 says this is very bad!! and at least change it to Best Regards.
I am re-joining the workforce after several years out so am a bit clueless on the correct sign off etiquette. So how do you do it?

Most of our managers literally just use their first Inital. Recently a consultant was sending me some emails and kept signing off H xx I think.. as she was replying on her phone to emails she was automatically ending with xx emails via the pc didn’t come with an xx Made me laugh

I hate Kind Regards… what does it even mean?? If people sign off kindest regards it gives me the rage! I just think they both come across as quite passive aggressive 🤔

Sparklingbrook

'Hope you are well' always sounds like they're after something or special treatment.

If i get an email saying this I always think just get to the point! 🤣

I use Many Thanks for everything, I’m not a fan of a Kind Regards and I don’t know why.

I feel like All the Best is generally used in a passive aggressive way IME, same as Regards.

I rarely use regards but if I do, I am really pissed off but trying to be polite. I assume others use it in the same way🤣

@52helloisitmeyourelookingfor
Kind regards if it's a pleasant exchange
Regards if I'm mildly annoyed
And just my name if I'm really pissed off

And:

@47YouCantTourniquetTheTaint

It depends on who the email is going to
Kind regards - Formal
Regards - Someone who has pissed me off
Just my name - ooohhhh yove done it now
Many Thanks - informal I know the person

Yup... That's what I use too....

This has been such an interesting read! I used to be a Kind Regards person. Now I save that for formal correspondence and use Best Wishes, or Best for close colleagues/ when I'm going back and forth in a chain of messages. Sometimes Thanks or Many thanks if I'm asking a favour.

Usually start with Hi unless it's formal external in which case I start with Dear but usually downgrade to Hi a few messages into the chain (feels like you've built a bit of a relationship by then).

@Allsorts1

I know I’ve already said it but I’m now pondering the beauty of “many thanks” and I think I like it so much because it actually says something. Like you’re just saying thank you again - and 95% of the time it applies to the email. If it’s weird to do a thank you sign off I’ll go with “best wishes”. I actually made the switch to many thanks quite recently after receiving emails with it as a sign off and having a positive reaction to it, like oh that’s lovely another thank you in the mix.

All you “best” PPs take note - looking at you @HoliHormonalTigerlilly 😂 and loling at warmest pee.

@starsinyourpies love this mug!

Only the very warmest pee for you @Allsorts1

Thoughts and prayers,
Tigerlilly xx

I send and receive a lot of emails to and from academics. It's common to get "Hi Daisy" or "Dear Daisy". Never "Dear Dr Grey" unless they're external.

Similarly I get a lot of "kind regards", "best wishes", "Thanks" and the occasional "cheers" depending on how well I know them.

Personally I like to live in neutral chaos and use "Best" most of the time, unless I'm being a bit stern then it's "Kind regards" and finally if I'd rather you caught fire than email me again it's "Regards".

As a side note, someone continues to email me and uses "In friendship, Doris" and it makes me lose the will to live every single time.

finally if I'd rather you caught fire than email me again it's "Regards"

This made me laugh too much. It’s always just regards in my company, that’s a lot of fires

Surely love and kisses?

I can’t stand the hierarchy of passive aggressive/ annoyed sign offs. Seems a bit silly really. I had a manager I hated and she began the 'regards' business with me and I just wanted to reply, 'do I really care?'

Peace out fuckers
Brrrrrap brrrrrrrap.

Or

Thanks MyName

Depends really.

@SnowdropsInSpring

I can’t stand the hierarchy of passive aggressive/ annoyed sign offs. Seems a bit silly really. I had a manager I hated and she began the 'regards' business with me and I just wanted to reply, 'do I really care?'

But that's the problem, you can't reply 'do I really care' when at work

Wow, I never knew that people read so much into an email sign off! 🤣

To me, kind regards and best wishes are for informal emails.

Formal is regards, although I will typically use many thanks or something similar.

But that's the problem, you can't reply 'do I really care' when at work

Nope. But I don’t know whether she thought she was being clever, or thought she was hurting me. She just came across as pathetic (and I wanted to say so, but couldn’t )

I don't end my work emails with anything, except perhaps my name if a bit more formal.

MN recently informed me this gives the impression I despise my colleagues and am angry all the time. This was not my intention, just a happy coincidence.

I once received an email signed off

“I have 100 days until my retirement and quite frankly it can’t come soon enough”

As a side note, someone continues to email me and uses "In friendship, Doris" and it makes me lose the will to live every single time.*

Omg

I hate ‘kindest’ - I had a particularly inept colleague who thought she was all that who always signed off with kindest. She left a complete shit show behind her when she left. None of us were feeling very kindly towards her.

'In friendship' is hilarious!

I might use that to annoy colleagues that I don't like

@piglet81

I usually put ‘best wishes’. ‘Regards’ and ‘kind regards’ always make me feel scratchy for some reason!

I agree with this. Something about 'regards' that sounds distancing and 'kind' that sounds patronising. I say 'best wishes'.

"Best regards" isn't a thing......?

Kind regards always, unless annoyed.

Never best regards.

Email signature which is set out by the business is kind regards, can add anything additional before that but that is just standard

@MidnightMeltdown

'In friendship' is hilarious!

I might use that to annoy colleagues that I don't like

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