Just checking in鈥re my emails holding me back at work?! xx
I hope this podcast finds you well!
Are your work emails too polite? Do you use unnecessary punctuation and emojis? Career experts have told the 麻豆社 that using multiple exclamation marks can seem fake or could impact credibility.
The 麻豆社鈥檚 Culture reporter Yasmin Rufo has been looking at how the emails you write might be making you come across as less competent and less professional.
Plus we鈥檙e joined by William Lee Adams who describes what it鈥檚 like communicating with people from all over the world at the 麻豆社 World Service and considering the email or message culture of different countries.
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Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk
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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
Producers: Benita Barden and Adam Chowdhury
Editor: Verity Wilde
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- Mon 22 Dec 2025 18:50GMT麻豆社 World Service News Internet
- Tue 23 Dec 2025 03:50GMT麻豆社 World Service East and Southern Africa, South Asia, West and Central Africa & East Asia only
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What in the World
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