Adding ‘Smiley’ Emoji To Your Work Emails Makes You Look Incompetent, Study Finds

[znwa]

A new study finds that a colon and a closing parenthesis spells trouble when it comes to work emails.

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev showed that adding a smiley face emoji to business emails widely decreases perceived competence. The far-reaching study involved some 549 participants from 29 different countries and also involved researchers from University of Haifa and Amsterdam University.

More here: https://www.studyfinds.org/smiley-face-emoji-work-email/

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[cryptoskillz]

Well, turns out all my coworkers think I am incompetent :-(

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