Annoyance: Emails with no greetings/salutations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You all are insane. You really need to have a good morning in order to be receptive to a work request? How old are you?

+1

[Anonymous]

Depends on the culture of the company

I'm in consulting and we are too busy to do greetings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Initial email, I include greeting. But the back and forth on a topic? No greeting. It’s a conversation.

Same here.

[Anonymous]

emails are NOT formal. when email first launched, and yes, I must be a dinosaur, they were meant to be a quick form of communication

I hate all the flowery language some people use. Just get.to. the.point

[Anonymous]

If it's someone I don't work with often, I always include a greeting.

If it's someone I work with often, and we have multiple emails going back and forth all day, no need for greetings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just curious-- when you receive an email without a greeting/salutation in the intro (e.g. "Beth, The XYZ report needs to be sent to legal vs. Good morning Beth, The XYZ report needs to be sent to legal) does it bother you?

I find it extremely rude, yet a lot of people send emails this way. What gives with not placing a standard greeting in the intro with the person's name? It comes across as abrasive and abrupt. Assuming that you would provide the standard greeting on a phone call or when you walk into someone's office with a similar request, why is it ok to leave it off of an intro to an email?

Just curious - how old are you?

[Anonymous]

Is it safe to assume that those of you who don't care about greetings in emails aren't bothered when people don't say hello or good morning to you in person?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Initial email, I include greeting. But the back and forth on a topic? No greeting. It’s a conversation.

This. My workplace is pretty formal and I would never start the conversation without a greeting. Even in a reply, a "Thanks Larla" is typical to start out. But when it beomes an extended conversation things can loosen up ... of course by that time I would usually just call instead of sending another email.

[Anonymous]

If it's the first time we are emailing it we haven't emailed/spoken in a while, I include a short greeting. If we are emailing everyday, then no. The higher up someone is relative to me in the organization, the more formal my tone in the email.

This is all English language. If I'm writing in Japanese, my emails are always more formal and include some form of greeting and thank you/acknowledgement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Initial email, I include greeting. But the back and forth on a topic? No greeting. It’s a conversation.

Same here.

Agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it safe to assume that those of you who don't care about greetings in emails aren't bothered when people don't say hello or good morning to you in person?

No? Those are two entirely different interactions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it's someone I don't work with often, I always include a greeting.

If it's someone I work with often, and we have multiple emails going back and forth all day, no need for greetings.

This...I will for a person I do not know or rarely email with. My co-workers who I go back and forth with no..then it becomes more like texting.

9:05 Good Morning Bill
9:12 Hello Bill,
9:47, Good Morning Bill

Total waste of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, it's sent to my email, I know it's for me

+1

And it's a work email, just get to the point. I have some colleagues who put in formal letter style, ie Dear Mr/Ms XXX and then go on for paragraphs of flowery words. Then sign with their signature block that includes all their various certifications/qualifications. Drives me nuts, but whatever....seems to be their style.

[Anonymous]

That rubs me the wrong way, too. If they're bothering to write your name, it seems like adding a brief greeting word (hi is fine) would soften it up.

Hi, Beth. The report needs to be sent today.

sounds much nicer than

Beth, the report needs to be sent today.

Having just the name with no greeting word sounds like barking a command when I read it. Saying thanks is nice, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it safe to assume that those of you who don't care about greetings in emails aren't bothered when people don't say hello or good morning to you in person?

yup again most of us have actual work to do. I have friends outside of work

Are you an African American woman per chance?