Hillary Clinton liked using the emoji so much that, in 2012, she emailed someone for help with her new Blackberry:
“Here’s my question: on this new berry can I get smiley faces?”
According to a recent survey of 650+ employees and managers, more than half of workers say they have used an emoji to communicate at work.
Better yet, more managers than workers approved of using an emoji at work.
Personally I like using :) in my emails sometimes because it creates a friendlier message, as communications in the business world can be dry and serious.
How do you feel about using :) or similar emoji at work? Is it acceptable?
All the time.
I like to send it to my coworkers who are hot that I would like to bang with plausible deniability for "too much smiley usage".
Do i use emojis at work? I do whatever the fuck i want at work.
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EDIT: Okay, WSO failed me. http://emblemsbf.com/img/28137.jpg
For intra-communication among employees and managers it is fine but it is not a professional way to use it in E-mails to clients and other high profile business personnel.
Yes. And I also use profanity. All is fair game.
Holy moly I wish this was the real Karl Pilkington. That guy is beyond awesome.
never with clients, usually with coworkers
though clients sometimes use with me, I just feel it's unprofessional
The 50 year old ladies in HR appreciate it. That lets them know I'm friendly.
I also do most of time, I think using smiley give smile to clients.
Sally from HR actually prefers ";)" emojis. As much as she enjoys benefits and compensation analysis.. if you know what I mean.
I find it weird to use. It would be weirder for an employee to use it with his boss than vice versa. Most of the time, whenever I have seen it, it is used by a woman, mostly the receptionist.
I naturally want to use them to lighten the tone of my email but I don't because nobody else does. I'm a follower
I skip the winky face and just use '8=====>~'
yes, I do use it. for sarcastic purposes.
Made the mistake of using it in an email with a helpdesk person who fixed my laptop... dude won't stop following me around now.
Never. Unprofessional and too flirtatious for a male dominated industry.
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