How to Send a Good Work E-Mail

There are some bad things and some good things in this article. This article was written by a girl but I would like to say there are some truths in there. I am not too sure I would be sending gifs and one line emails, but in some workplaces this could be normal. I always say e-mail is not text. Open Formal, Direct, and Close Formal.

Some things I disagree with:

If you called this meeting just to “touch base” and “see where everyone stands”: how dare you. It’s called email. Absolutely not. If you want to touch base and be an effective leader, you need to do it face to face. Calling a meeting, yes? Just not to a conference room. Look at any manager in your company and look at how things are handled. People schedule time with the boss, not just pop in unless they have a very close business relationship.

Keep some choice GIFs handy. I don't know that I would ever send a gif in an email. Perhaps in the company messenger app, but surely not in formal communication.

Some thing I do agree with:

Be the ‘bump’ you want to see in the world. If you want an answer to your email, you need to ask a direct question. Also, don't follow up with a phone call (unless they are remote) because as previously stated you need to handle company phantoms face to face.

I will close this out with saying that, don't think you can handle business relationships the same way you handle your facebook and imessages.