Have You Seen Funny Korean Business Email Addresses?
|Via the Sawon website they are collecting a list of the most inappropriate business emails in Korea. Some of them are quite funny like ilovemyself@company.com and penismight@company.com. Can anyone think of other funny emails they have seen?:
It’s an epidemic!
Ok maybe that language is a bit strong but it is certainly a trend that needs addressing. Korean workers are guilty of choosing very odd and sometimes inappropriate work email handles. Clearly Korean companies first mistake is that they give their workers a choice of email handle, but I am very appreciative that they have given workers the freedom to make their own mistakes.
Those who have been involved with Korea before at a business or even academic level would have come across this
What’s more surprising is that Korean corporate culture is itself very structured and governed by a very formal set of perceived rules and etiquette, whether it be introductions, exchanging business cards or even having a drink together there is a raft of small but very important etiquette to be observed for Korean business people.
Picture the scenario of exchanging a business card in a Korean business context- you bow and shake hands with your left hand under your right to show respect, you then receive a business card with both hands again to show respect and scan the card politely, in this instance you look down to the email and see something like “ilovemyself@company.com” (by the way that is a REAL example). [The Sawon via Reddit]
You can read more at the link.