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During my daily scroll through of USA Today online, I came across a piece on " Emojis in the Workplace ." I thought to myself: “HUH?!” I barely use emojis in my text messages never mind my work communications. (I also really can’t stand text messages in general… but that’s a post for another day.)

As a PSA… here are some tips on emojis from the article:

  • Use them when they’ll help provide color or emotion to your text or e-mail.
  • Don’t overuse them in the workplace (every so often is much better than every e-mail).
  • Avoid emojis with a boss or potential new client; you want to make sure to impress them, not “depress” them.
  • Don’t get too cute; stay with the tried and true smiley faces. Never use an emoji if you don’t know what it means.

So are people really using emojis at work? Has anyone experience emojis taking over their emails?

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I use them only when I’m trying to emphasis something but mostly with non-work related items.

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a few of use them as code for other things…when we are trying to be co-vert. other than that, no.

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My use of emojis and text faces in my emails with my clients is dependent on the relationship. I know I can send some to clients who are really relaxed and we have a good working relationship. Honestly, some of my clients and I have sent memes to one another. I think it’s ok, it just depends on the people and proper use.

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Corporate doesn’t care and includes them in a lot of stuff

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Nay…

I guess I am old-school and don’t appreciate emjois as much. I also refuse to use shorthand in (u, ur, idk, etc.) in any communications - work or personal.

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Not in a professional setting.

Not in a personal setting unless you are under the age of 14.

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Not under most circumstances. I don’t really like texting either, though.

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I don’t see the harm in the basic ones - they can “soften” tough or terse notes and make them more bearable.

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Meh, don’t care about em or using em. I find myself doing :smiley: and :stuck_out_tongue: sometimes but that’s it. I think this is more of a millennial thing.

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When I’m talking to co-workers over chat I’ll use them occasionally. I’m going to go ahead and admit that I’ll use the “angel” emoji when I’m asking a favor. Yeah, I’m that person.

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Nope not me, does not present a professional appearance.

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I love to use emojis to show emotion in my texts (it’s so hard to read people via text), but with work, I tend to just throw an old school smiley face/frowny face when I want my email to come across as happy or sad. I will admit that I take advantage of some of the cool emojis in our chat system though. But only with people I am close to at work.

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I use them rarely in non-work messages when I am obviously and intentionally trying to be obnoxious.

I lose a tiny bit of professional respect for the sender each time they are used in serious work related communications. We do have a staff newsletter/update type thing that isn’t meant to be too serious. In that case, and ONLY in that case, the occasional em____oji isn’t too annoying.

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I cannot say I have seen them in my environment, not that I would care internally. Externally I would think them to be unprofessional.

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Eggplant. Eggplant. Taco.

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I say no, even though I have use two in my life. Today was the second time I used one it was a angry face, I felt more illiterate putting it.

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Tell me more about this “taco” emoji. Are we being literal here? o.O

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I don’t use them in emails, but I use them in Skype, even with my boss.

Edit: He did it first

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Never in email. Skype chat with my boss, however, the stream never ends. But now that I read this thread, there’s a few people who send us emails with emojis that I never noticed before. We must be their only customer or something.