Do you use emoticons in work e-mail?
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Outside the workplace: No
- Unless I am on very good terms with the other person.
Inside the company: Yes.
- However I don't include them on every email. Usually when I make a joke or need to lighten the mood.
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I don't. It's been considered unprofessional most places I've worked. The Town government it wasn't a big deal though. We did jokes and what not over lync all the time. At the County Government that was much different. Something like that would get put on your review as unprofessional communication under the communication section of your review.
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They have been failry common in places that I have worked. I have worked mostly with women in my IT career (various health facilities, schools, and banking) which tend to use emoticons more frequently than men.
I would say at least 50% of employees use them and probably 25% of vendors.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I use them all the time in work email. Been using them since the early 1990s so they seem natural now. I expect to see them in work email.
Ditto. I don't see it as unprofesional, but I don't do too many when I email people professionally outside of work, but sometimes I will do one if I want to make sure the other person knows something is said in jest or not sarcasm, or something like that.
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yeah. i use em
and i'll use you too 
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@Hubtech said:
What is that?
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I was wondering that too.
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It is
Colon O Colon
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I do but usually more on internal communications than external ones.
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If I do it's usually just a smiley face. Anything else might be inappropriate.
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Depends who I am connecting with, if I know the person well I might use them otherwise not so much.
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I use them for internal communications. As others have mentioned, I only use it with external communications if I know the other party very well.
Posting in a forum almost requires their use to keep people from getting butt hurt over people sounding to harsh
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(F moderated) yeah, I use them!
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