Email & Comms Jargon · Associate level

"Hope this finds you well"

"Hope this finds you well" is a standard email opener that acknowledges the recipient before getting to the point, though it carries no real personal meaning.

Say this instead: hi

How "Hope this finds you well" shows up at work

The most durable piece of corporate filler in existence, surviving every prediction of its death. Nobody reads it, nobody means it, and yet here we all are. Its only function is to make the sender feel like they were polite.

Buzzword

Hope this finds you well. I wanted to follow up on last week's proposal.

Plain English

Hi. I wanted to follow up on last week's proposal.

Corporate Rank: Associate · Category: Email & Comms Jargon

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