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ATTAK Z
Original Poster
2,037 posts
58 months
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I usually start with 'Hi Bill' or sometimes 'Hello Bill' and sign off with 'Kind regards'
'Dear Bill' or 'Yours sincerely' seem never to be used nowadays
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Humpy D
205 posts
64 months
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But what if the colleague's name isn't Bill?
Do colleague's who aren't named Bill get annoyed?
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PSBuckshot
4,642 posts
28 months
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Humpy D said: But what if the colleague's name isn't Bill?
Do colleague's who aren't named Bill get annoyed? He works in finance, everything is to do with Bills.
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davepoth
19,913 posts
68 months
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If it's an internal email (i.e. replacing a phone call) I would probably not bother putting their name at the top - it's in the to: field in any case. I might just go with "Bill," though.
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john2443
1,908 posts
80 months
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In some parts of the country you'd start with My lover, youth, duck, darling etc thread
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Ikemi
6,039 posts
74 months
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Internal e-mails are pretty informal at my place ... Everyone knows everyone, so why not? So I use 'Hi/Hey' depending on whether I'm good friends with them, and then sign off with a 'Cheers!'. Obviously I type more formally when sending e-mails to external addresses 
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ATTAK Z
Original Poster
2,037 posts
58 months
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Humpy D said: But what if the colleague's name isn't Bill?
Do colleague's who aren't named Bill get annoyed? Only the women 
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ATTAK Z
Original Poster
2,037 posts
58 months
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john2443 said: In some parts of the country you'd start with My lover, youth, duck, darling etc
thread Yea that's the thread that prompted my post
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BrabusMog
4,950 posts
55 months
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Last email from my boss was along the lines of: Hi babe, Can you pls sort this out for me (attached file with a clusterf  k of a problem). Thx x
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Carthage
2,975 posts
13 months
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That depends. I have different layers of 'formal' depending on whether they are male/female or trustworthy/tell-tales, or indeed perverts/well-adjusted.
I hate receiving e-mails with no greetings.
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doogz
18,701 posts
56 months
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Bill,
Contents of e-mail,
Regards,
My signature
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P-Jay
3,632 posts
60 months
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In my place it's Hi, Hey, Sup, Hiya (we're in Wales) and sometimes Word Up, Ended by, Cheers, Thx, Ta, Followed by the first letter of your first name. Unless you're handing down a b king, or you really don't know them I see no sense in pointless formalities unless they're the type of person that prefers it.
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Countdown
6,340 posts
65 months
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Lack of a greeting or any use of the words "please" or "thanks" and signing off with an initial means they're a fasttrack high-flying executive with no time to waste. Certainly not on bench warmers like you.
C.
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C.A.R.
1,274 posts
57 months
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Everyone I work with has 15+ years on me, so emails are not how they have always communicated (whereas I have been used to emails since starting my working life).
My MD for example will always type an urgent email out in BLOCK CAPITALS which always seems a bit ott. Just mark it urgent, ffs. Or flag it...
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Vixpy1
40,830 posts
133 months
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d head seems to work well round here
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Carthage
2,975 posts
13 months
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Countdown said: Lack of a greeting or any use of the words "please" or "thanks" and signing off with an initial means they're a fasttrack high-flying executive with no time to waste. Certainly not on bench warmers like you.
C. Hi C Thank you for your input*. Best wishes C (*This means I MAY get round to helping you/actioning your e-mail when Hell freezes over)
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ooo000ooo
535 posts
63 months
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My boss used to complain about me not topping and tailing emails to her properly. After a couple of days of sticking "regards" etc at the bottom, i changed it to "love". Took a couple of weeks before someone else pointed it out to her which proved how much attention she paid to it.
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JuniorD
3,069 posts
92 months
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Life Saab Itch
34,072 posts
57 months
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doogz said: Bill,
Contents of e-mail,
Regards,
My signature This. OP, obviously your signature will have to have the NASA logo underneath it.
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adam85
1,051 posts
60 months
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I don't know why but it irritates me when people address me with just my name.
"Adam
Blabla bla
Regards
Ignoramus"
I much prefer to see this:
"Hi Adam
Bla bla bla
Regards
Legend"
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