Work email signature?

When replying to emails, anybody who doesn't put their phone number in some form of signature deserves a swift punch to the nads.

****s me off massively when I have to search through several chains of emails to find the phone number for someone.
 
Freefaller said:
I don't understand why you have your email address in a signature - surely they can just click on "reply"? :confused:
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It is so it is possible to contact someone further back in an email trail.

Person A writes an email to Person B. Person B forwards a email to Person C. Person C replies to person A.
 
Your IT department should have implemented an automatic template for email signatures. If not, then you might find all staff have different looking ones which isn't very professional
 
spudbynight said:
It is so it is possible to contact someone further back in an email trail.

Person A writes an email to Person B. Person B forwards a email to Person C. Person C replies to person A.
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But the email is in the header and email trail and is hyperlinked anyway?

Or am I being thick :o
 
Mine goes

Name | Job role | Company name | Email address | Office address | telephone number | Company website

Freefaller said:
But the email is in the header and email trail and is hyperlinked anyway?

Or am I being thick :o
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You aren't being thick but it is easier to look in a sig. Also I know for me, internal emails are sent from my personal address but the first email in a chain that goes external go from a generic mailbox so useful for people to be able to reply to me directly if they have a follow up question.
 
Judgeneo said:
I hate signatures with logos in them, because you can often mistake emails from that person as having an attachment
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Me too, unfortunately company policy dictates we have to have it unless I'm sending the email from a mobile or the web version of outlook.
 
Azza said:
I sigh when people put BSc, MSc etc at the end of their name in their email signature.
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This is quite common at my work as we deal with academia a lot but also you want to be sure you are dealing with people with relevant experience. That's the thing with engineering though - we have hundreds of PhDs and MScs and CEngs everywhere here that it almost becomes irrelevant now as a result.

It means you also know what level to pitch your email as. I'm quick to say "I don't know anything about x, y or z" so that things can be explained to me at a more appropriate level.
 
Freefaller said:
But the email is in the header and email trail and is hyperlinked anyway?

Or am I being thick :o
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Looking at some of the email chains in my inbox the people on the earlier mails are not hyperlinks and they are names not email addresses so it's not always immediately obvious (the is with standard Outlook/Exchange) particularly when you are dealing with people with the same names.

My signature has

Name
Job Title
Dept
tel
email
website
company logo image

I don't put my address as I don't want people sending me things in the post. For replies you just get

Name
Job Title
Dept
email
 
Freefaller said:
Ours is automated

Name | Role/Position
Company | Address
Mobile | Landline | Desk location | email address
Company website

Company slogan

I don't understand why you have your email address in a signature - surely they can just click on "reply"? :confused:
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What if all they have is a printed copy? ;)

To echo others, ours is defined by company policy.
 
Paper?! Paperwork is bad mmmkay :p

Joking aside, I understand - I suppose all email systems are different so it helps people out who are external.
 
Tummy said:
Why?
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Because pretty much every man and his dog has some from of higher eduction qualification these days. It's essentially spelling out something that doesn't change anything whatsoever about how you would address or communicate with said person.

You may as well put: [Name] [A-level Grades]

Freefaller's example is a different matter though when you're working within an industry that actually distinguishes people based on their qualifications.
 
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