Professional or not? What does the Plusverse have to say about phone specific email signatures?
Professional or not? What does the Plusverse have to say about phone specific email signatures?
A few years ago I would have said it was cool, but now it seems passé.
However it can also indicate to the recipient how important they are that you will stop what they're doing to reply on the go.
http://lifehacker.com/is-it-unprofessional-to-use-sent-from-my-phone-signat-681009070
A few years ago I would have said it was cool, but now it seems passé.
However it can also indicate to the recipient how important they are that you will stop what they're doing to reply on the go.
http://lifehacker.com/is-it-unprofessional-to-use-sent-from-my-phone-signat-681009070
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I personally hand type a signature each time. So, if it is work I will add "sent from mobile". Often because its mostly colleagues who don't realise I'm on holiday, and wanting an urgent response. If something is truly broken/disastrous, im in a meeting etc I may be blunt and only write one or two sentences.
Friends don't generally get a signature. They know who I am by who the email came from, and I rarely email friends anyway.
We did have a situation recently at work, where the original email caused serious offence, however upon realising it was sent from a tablet, when the person was in a meeting, and the offending word was auto corrected, it was understood much better and not taken to heart. It was a simple mistake.
In those circumstances, context matters.
Myself, I'll respond with a message stating something like: I'm on mobile right now, let me get back with you from desktop. This let's the recipient know why the message is brief and that I have received their request.
However, I can see both ways of looking at this. A message saying it was sent from mobile, especially a customized message, gives the recipient the same understanding as my individually typed out message.