Etiquette | Flirting & online shopping: Work emails staff should NEVER send

Employees use their work emails for a range of reasons, from liaising with colleagues about work projects, organising meetings or communicating with external clients; emails are a workplace necessary to allow staff members to get their job done.

While this may be true, employers have shared their thoughts on the types of emails that should never be sent from a work email account.

The news comes after research carried out by CV-Library discovered that four in 10 (44.9%) employers have busted their staff for having a work inbox that’s littered with unacceptable messages.

The survey of 300 employers from across the UK asked respondents which types of email they believe are unacceptable to have in your work inbox. Inappropriate images topped the list at 72.1%, which was closely followed by speaking negatively about a colleague (56.4%) and job applications to other employers (48.5%).