Guides February 6, 2024

# How to use emoji at work

> Creative ways to use emoji in workplace communication. Tips and ideas from the Pachca team

Источник: https://pachca.com/en/blog/emodzhi-v-rabochem-obshchenii-idei-ot-komandy-pachki

## Creative ways to use emoji in workplace communication

By Lina Danilova

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Emoji have long been part of our lives. They're fun and handy: one or a few characters can convey emotions that would take ages to put into words. Here are some creative ways to use emoji in work chats.

### How we use emoji

**Message reactions**

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Reactions are the number one use for emoji in work chats (and beyond). Here's what some of our favorite reactions mean:

- 👀: "Watching this," "Interesting," "Let's keep an eye on it";
- ✅: most often used to mark a request as done;
- 🏝: it's vacation season, so we use this one and lots of similar emoji to wish a colleague a happy, long-awaited vacation;
- 🚀: we shipped an update and feel a little closer to the stars.

**Chat avatars**

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A classic. You might not remember a chat's name, but you'll probably remember the emoji in front of it and find the chat in your list in no time.

**Custom statuses**

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A handy Pachca feature that also makes the workweek more fun. Set a status next to your name to let colleagues know how long you'll be on vacation or what you're working on, crack a joke or start an office contest for the most original status 😉

**Voting**

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Here's a simple way to make decisions together. Did you already know this one?

**Asking for help**

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You can ask colleagues for help in a group chat. Whoever wants to help first reacts with 👀 ("I'll take a look"), then with ✅ ("OK, sending feedback now"), so you and everyone else can see whether someone has picked it up.

**Reporting a bug**

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You tell the developers about a system error in the chat, and they react to your message with 🐞. That means they've logged the bug and will fix it.

**Emoji as a team or employee symbol**

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You can also assign an emoji to each team or employee. Then, for example, on a message like "Who can take the report?" the 👯‍♀️ team or the 👻 employee reacts with their emoji, and everyone knows who's on it.

**Emoji before a message**

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A good idea for chats with lots of important messages. Put ❗️❗️ on very important messages, ❗️ on less important ones and ❕ on general info. Or come up with your own system.

**Chat moderation**

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Pick an emoji to send when colleagues start discussing things that are off-topic for the chat or discussion. How about 🌝?

To sum up: emoji really do speed up work communication. Giving feedback with them is easier than writing a reply, and they're easier to take in than text. Plus, there are lots of ways to use them 🙂