A new study says many employees think a work communication without an emoji lacks something. But with generations split over their meanings, sending them is not risk-free
Ever more various, including a heatwave-appropriate “melting face”, and multiracial handshakes in the latest release.Hmph. I loathe emojis. They are an infantilising impoverishment of language.of 9,400 workers worldwide by the messaging platform Slack and the language app Duolingo, 58% of respondents said they would consider an emoji-less work message “lacking”.
This is where some of the worst problems arise: older workers sending colleagues emojis that are distinctly not safe for work. A winky face is considered not just jokey but flirtatious by younger people, and anything with a tongue, peach, taco or aubergine is strongly discouraged.Basically, it’s best to avoid any emoji that could be misunderstood, or make you seem creepy and inappropriate to younger colleagues.
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