DatSaaS

Sales Executive

Cartoons as slack/gmail profile pictures

Drives me nuts seeing Becky from compliance with a picture of Batman in my email complaining that I set the wrong expectations. Or the support guy with a Jedi as his picture. Grow up, nerds.

Is it acceptable to have a cartoon as your gmail/slack photo?

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poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

Deep breath...and repeat after me: what gives others pleasure does not need to give me pain.

DatSaaS

Executive

Sales Executive

hahahaha amazing

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Well put.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Sure. Who cares? Harms no one.

Woody

Politicker

Business Development Executive

Reminds me of that meme "They told me to dress for the job I wanted, not the job I have. Now I'm sitting in an HR disciplinary hearing wearing my Batman costume"

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Internal? No issue. My external/customer-facing images are professional.

FamilyTruckster

Politicker

Exec Director, Major Accounts

Mine is cartoon Rowan Archer. Looks nothing like me.

CaneWolf

Politicker

Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract

Cartoon Sterling Archer would be a better one.

Mobi85

Politicker

Regional Sales Manager

But it is so trendy and shows your personal quirks with having that cat batting around a ball of yarn as your picture in Slack/Gmail.....(sarcasm)

1nbatopshotfan

Politicker

Sales

I have a client that is in the playing card space and had everyone “Going” a few years back on their app. Every person I speak with there has a custom background and avatar. It’s honestly the coolest thing (very low bar) to bring to a conference call.

fidelcashflow

Catalyst

Account Executive

This personally bugs me, which it shouldn't. But if I wanted to get technical, it is not appropriate because I want to be able to recognize people. I heavily rely on Slack profiles to identify people. So like maybe not be a weird introvert and add your pic so I can hi in real life?

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

Even I use cartoon but haven't got any backlash. I must try Batman though soon 😁

Cristles

Contributor

AE (Account Executive)

Wait whaaatt? Only on Slack right?
If you rock cartoons on your Gmail I might got to try and see how my prospects react haha

SaaSMaster

Politicker

Strategic Partnerships Manager

I probably would say no for a customer facing role where they’d see it when you email them. But anybody who pretty much only deals with internal co-workers who cares

CaneWolf

Politicker

Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract

Slack, yes. Email no as it is client facing.

WomenWantMeFishFearMe

Politicker

I mean, on one hand, who cares? On the other, be an adult and have a professional headshot. It's probably not a good thing, but I typically dismiss any and all adults with cartoon propics etc. as immature or weird.

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

For personal stuff - yes.

For intra-office stuff - maybe.

For customer-facing communications - no.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

I don't like it externally (shouldn't surprise anyone who has seen my hat post lol) but internally? 100%

My slack is intra-office only and no one has a real picture. I've got my cat when she was little.

thesecretsauce

Politicker

Business Development

Personal no one cares
Professional…. Maybe if you’re a small business owner 🤣

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Cartoons as slack/gmail profile pictures

Is it acceptable to have a cartoon as your gmail/slack photo?

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