Do you use ProNouns in your signature

It has been like wildfire at my company, but everyone is starting to roll out pronouns in their signature. Thoughts on this?


I don't like having whats there now, but wanted to see where everyone landed on this

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MorShark
Notorious Answer
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Sales Engineer
I mean I’m in sales - call me what you want as long as you’re buying
Ders
Good Citizen
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BDR
This person fucks
bassinshaps
Politicker
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Territory Sales Manager
This is the right mentality
DwightsEgo
Politicker
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BDR Manager
To those not upvoting this- you dont close :P 

ragnarlothbrok
Politicker
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Key account manager
This👆🏻Allllll of this 
RevOpsRevealed
Opinionated
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VP Sales and Marketing
I love it! 
Chaoticonomist
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Global Head of Customer Success
Exactly!
funcoupons
WR Officer
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👑
Big nope. It's extremely obvious that I'm female and I don't need to pretend someone might not realize that.
TheDeplorable
Politicker
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AE
Love it!
Kinonez
Celebrated Contributor
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War Room Enthusiast
Wait you are a female?!? 


Sorry, I tried to resist… and failed miserably, lesson is never try - Homer Simspson 
funcoupons
WR Officer
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👑
Lol yes, yes I am 
Kinonez
Celebrated Contributor
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War Room Enthusiast
hahaha I actually knew, excuse my 1:00am humor of friday eve 
Justatitle
Big Shot
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Account Executive
FWIW knowing your audience is important on this. I don't have a problem with pronouns and it shouldn't bother people or at least doesn't bother me but it matters a lot to the LGBT community and utilizing inclusive language so the way I see it, it won't trigger me and it makes other people feel like they are heard so I don't see a negative to it.
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
Exactly. This is why I have four different signatures for every situation.
Justatitle
Big Shot
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Account Executive
Does one of those signatures end with "Go guck yourself, Kindly Incognito" ???
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
Nah, but one is with a pic of a Jedi signed “Jedi Master Incognito”

For realz
Justatitle
Big Shot
0
Account Executive
Star Wars is dope. not a single one of them lost my interest. LOTR dwelled a little bit on me and GOT I loved until season 7 when they ruined it for me
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
No. I sell to construction firms. That would not be received well. 
bassinshaps
Politicker
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Territory Sales Manager
Could you imagine if we had pronouns in our signature and pitched to our clients 😂 we would get wrecked or chastised throughout the industry at the very least.
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
That’s about as dangerous as talking politics 
bassinshaps
Politicker
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Territory Sales Manager
In my area of CA it definitely is. I just learn to keep my mouth shut and agree with everyone.
taylor
Executive
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Strategic Account Executive
Except if you have a gender-ambiguous name…
bassinshaps
Politicker
0
Territory Sales Manager
Yeah but it doesn’t really matter if they’re buying from you. Might be annoying though for sure.
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
Include a photo?
MrNiche
Valued Contributor
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Senior Account Executive
Right there with you. I sell to the trucking/CDL industry.
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
Probably even worse haha! At least in nyc there is the MWBE requirement 
TheDeplorable
Politicker
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AE
Hahahhahahaaha
Kinonez
Celebrated Contributor
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War Room Enthusiast
I don’t I keep it as clean as posible!
goose
Politicker
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Sales Executive
I honestly don’t get it. The use of pronouns is to refer to people in the discourse (I or You) or people mentioned in the discourse (he or she). But, people mentioned in the discourse are not present. So (and I mean this in the nest way) why does it matter?
wahmsales
WR Officer
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SDR
So if you're ever talking about them behind their backs, you'll know what pronouns to use.
TheSolicitorGeneral
Politicker
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Small Market AE
Nah, I don’t do it. I don’t give a fuck what someone wants to refer to me as, if they’re brain dead enough to refer to me and my masculine name as a female, then WhatevsMcGevs I guess 
Boutdamtime
Politicker
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Client Executive
No and I won’t until my compensation is tied to it ;)
wahmsales
WR Officer
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SDR
I don't, I like to leave a little something to the imagination.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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🦊
I don't personally but I have started noticing it more.
BigCheese
Notorious Answer
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Agency Recruiter
I was about to comment the same thing 
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
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☕️
I am all about bringing your whole self to work, and if that means putting your preferred pronouns in your signature then, by all means, toss them in there. There's no room for being afraid of things that are "other than"...so if you have a problem with someone doing it then I'm afraid you have some personal growth to do.
BmajoR
Arsonist
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Account Executive
I don't, but I'm not against it. However, as others have mentioned you need to know your audience. I saw a post on LI where everyone grabbed their pitchforks and torches because the sales rep used pronouns in their signature and the prospect told them they lost the sale because of that. The prospect was from a religious organization and everyone is surprised that he declined the sale because of pronouns.... but like come one seriously know your audience. We are in sales - a sale is sale is a sale not sell to those morally aligned with you. 
Justatitle
Big Shot
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Account Executive
My company forced us to do it. We didn’t have any option 
TheSolicitorGeneral
Politicker
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Small Market AE
My condolences
Justatitle
Big Shot
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Account Executive
Yeah, I mean I didn't care the only thing I was worried about was how people would react to seeing that in my signature line. Honestly, though my company does value their employees and they'd be willing to turn down a shitty person that would react badly to this. 
KingofGIF
Politicker
0
AE
forced us?! Sorry to hear that. At my last job we were heading in that direction and a dev was a rebel by creating his own pronouns. Could not be questioned, and it was funny since I knew he was doing it to fight back.
Justatitle
Big Shot
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Account Executive
Yeah, I mean again I really don’t see it as a big deal. It’s words that have no intent of insulting someone. We can’t control how people feel but we can control the intent. It’s not like we’re ending our emails with piss off douchebag
TheDeplorable
Politicker
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AE
I think its a big deal because ae are redifining reality…. Where do we draw the line? Can I become a dog because my feelings dictate so?
Justatitle
Big Shot
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Account Executive
That’s fair and you can look at it like that. Everybody is entitled to their opinions and has the right to be. For me I don’t see it as a big deal from my viewpoint. If a human wants to identify as a dog I’ll just think you’re an idiot 
newboy
Valued Contributor
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Complete Sales team
TBH I think the entire idea of having pronouns is just waste.

If someone calls you by a different pronoun and you are offended, you need to work on yourself for being so fragile FFS.


Frankly my mum calls me by feminine pronouns at times, and gives me a girly nicknames. Since decades. I play along.


Most fun thing? I still find a dick down there whenever I go to pee (or other tasks)
TheDeplorable
Politicker
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AE
THANK you! Agreed
sales4lyf
Politicker
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Business Development Manager
I have it on my LinkedIn, reason being I have a ‘unisex’ name so I kept getting called Sir a lot 😂 however I like that it’s an option for people, I think the more people who use pronouns on their signature/ LinkedIn then the more comfortable trans and non-binary folk are as well, inclusivity isn’t a bad thing 🙂
Brando
Politicker
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Account Executive
I don't do it. 

Never even thought about it. It feels like something that can be taken the wrong way. 
MorShark
Notorious Answer
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Sales Engineer
point taken
thanks
RedLightning
Politicker
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Mid-Market AE
Yeah, your best outcome is no change. Your worst is negative change. It seems like something that can only hurt from a purely prospecting perspective. 
taylor
Executive
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Strategic Account Executive
How can it be taken the wrong way?
Brando
Politicker
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Account Executive
Someone who may be part of that community may see you using bro or dude as a pronoun a mockery of the community.

I don't see the benefit of changing it. In my view, it seems like it would have no benefit, but could potentially lead to backlash, so the risk v reward isn't there

I'm not a part of that community, I don't use pronouns in my signature, and personally, I'd find it funny if I saw it. I'm trying to be empathetic so this is completely based on speculation and opinion 
GDO
Politicker
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BDM
I don´t do it. Nobody can take offence that I´m not including it.
dryspongebob
Opinionated
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Business Development Manager
I'm all for it, but I don't think it would be received well in more traditional industries. I'm in tech, so no one gives a flying fuck, but I worked in oil & gas before - that would've been interesting to say the least. 
JdiggityR
Executive
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Enterprise Account Executive
What/who you do in your Bedroom, or how you look in the Bathroom is really none of my concern, and vice-versa. No pronouns for me, call me what you want, just press hard on that contract. You are signing in triplicate. 
SignThis_SalesGirl
Good Citizen
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Director of Business Development
Yes, as often as possible. Because the more we see it and normalize it the less uncomfortable it becomes for someone who doesn't identify the same and is ready to share that. 
The_raging_racoon
Opinionated
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Account Executive
I think pronouns can be a helpful thing with foreign names especially Indian, African or South East Asian ones. But please don’t use pronouns if you are called Caroline Waters, John Miller etc.
Mr.Pickles
Arsonist
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Sr. Customer Success Manager
Nope - English is neutral enough. Beware when mailing someone in spanish
bassinshaps
Politicker
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Territory Sales Manager
Masculine and feminine pronouns. It’s a huge deal when dealing with Spanish speakers.
Mr.Pickles
Arsonist
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Sr. Customer Success Manager
there you go - and don't get me started with French. 
KingofGIF
Politicker
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AE
The thing is, the Spanish language academy defined the masculine version of words as the inclusive way. Amigos, Ciudadanos, Humanos, Americanos, etc. those are mean to include everyone. Do respect direct male/female pronouns tho, otherwise is weird haha.
The new waves of change calling to replace todos with "todes" to be inclusive, in my eyes, are nonsensical since the language is already meant to be inclusive with an o. 
Mr.Pickles
Arsonist
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Sr. Customer Success Manager
I'm a native speaker and up to today, I have no idea what's an adverb, a pronoun... etc
RevOpsRevealed
Opinionated
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VP Sales and Marketing
El mujer…lmao
Mr.Pickles
Arsonist
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Sr. Customer Success Manager
HAHAHAHA la chancla
Nairobi
Politicker
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AE
I don't but I have it on my LI just because it asked me and I was like why not
bareknuckles
Valued Contributor
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CEO of my kitchen table
No 
1nbatopshotfan
Politicker
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Sales
I don’t personally, but have coworkers who do. It is helpful for people who don’t have a picture and have a name that’s ambiguous or that I’ve not worked with. 
Beans
Big Shot
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Enterprise Account Executive
Seems disingenuous as a white dude to put those in my sig/LinkedIn.


KingofGIF
Politicker
0
AE
The only pronouns I'd put on my signature are: He, got me to sign the contract/ Him, just got us to renew, to send a referral and submit good review
KingofGIF
Politicker
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AE
Kidding! I don't like them there,  and in my industry buyers aren't doing it either. It does not bother me if people go for it
HappyGilmore
Politicker
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Account Executive
Nah, our company gave us the option to do it but I'm not using them. 
Cooper
Good Citizen
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Account Exec
Nope
Lambda
Tycoon
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Sales Consultant
god no, call me whatever you want 
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