Oilshore: The bizarre and informal ways Gen Z colleagues sign off their emails

A company’s marketing assistant has shown off her Gen Z co-workers’ ‘bizarre’ and ‘informal’ email sign-offs – and many are upset by the colloquialisms.

Olivia, from Melbourne, posted a video showcasing the various ‘modern’ phrases her co-workers have chosen instead of sticking to classics like ‘kind regards’ and ‘best wishes’. 

‘Another day, another slay,’ the marketing executive captioned the video on transport fuel company Oilshore’s TikTok account.

The company’s staff have elected for a more informal approach that has made thousands of corporate workers uncomfortable.

Some sign-offs are a play on words and mock well-known phrases most workers are familiar with.

Charlotte and Georgia have chosen ‘Mean regards’ and ‘Lukewarm regards’ respectively, as opposed to ‘Kind regards’ and ‘Warm regards’.

Another worker, Sophie, has gone in the complete opposite direction – opting instead for ‘Cold regards’.

James has chosen ‘Over and out’, which is akin to children communicating via walkie-talkie. 

Two workers also incorporated the word ‘slay’ into their sign-offs.

‘Slay, serve, survive,’ wrote Sammy.

‘Stay slaying,’ read Danny’s. 

Liam’s sign-off attempted to include a form of respect to the receiver – choosing to end all of his emails with ‘bless up’ followed by his name. 

While many agree that there was no way these peculiar sign-offs would be appropriate when sending an email to anyone born before 1997, others were fond of the company’s young approach. 

‘Boomers and other old generations getting pressed over signing off emails … why.’

The woman added, ‘I can’t wait to see Gen Z make the workplace a fun and warm environment.’

‘People need to stop taking life so seriously – they’re just having fun,’ said another.

But others were thoroughly upset by the laidback approach. 

‘Probably a young, happening startup. No one does this in corporate,’ one man said.

‘They need to grow up and show some professionalism.’ 

Olivia, from Melbourne, posted a video showcasing the various ‘modern’ phrases her co-workers have chosen instead of sticking to classics like ‘kind regards’ and ‘best wishes’

Olivia also shared her Gen Z co-workers’ ‘amusing’ and ‘modern’ out of office messages in another video.

She was poking fun at the hilarious auto-replies other employees set before heading off on vacation. 

‘Here, we value honesty,’ the marketing expert jovially captioned the TikTok. 

Olivia [pictured], from Melbourne, posted a video poking fun at the hilarious auto-replies other employees set before heading off on vacation

The out of office messages were far from the straight-forward, formulaic emails of yore.

Instead, the generation of young workers opted for casual emails that showcased a dazzle of personality.

Some of the messages were quite apparent about their desire to not work.

‘On vacation. Hoping to win the lottery and never return,’ read an email by Joseph.

Tremaine’s was to the point: ‘Contact someone other than me.’

Others took a more aggressive pathway.

A scathing auto-reply read: ‘Do not contact me while I’m on leave or I’ll report you to HR.’

But a good passive aggressive email, like Rochelle’s, cannot be overlooked: ‘I’m unsure why you’re emailing me given that I put this on my calendar months ago.’  

A company’s marketing assistant just revealed her Gen Z co-workers’ ‘amusing’ and ‘modern’ out of office messages – but not everyone is pleased

A company’s marketing assistant just revealed her Gen Z co-workers’ ‘amusing’ and ‘modern’ out of office messages – but not everyone is pleased

An office worker, James, started his email in an extremely professional manner by providing the dates he would be unavailable.

‘I will be OOO (out of office) from 13/10 – 17/10.’ But he added: ‘If it’s an emergency call 000.’

While another took it as an opportunity to remind their coworkers how lucky they were to have some time apart.

‘Please enjoy your break from me,’ an email read.

‘ERROR 404: Employee not found,’ another programmed comically. 

A good passive aggressive email, like Rochelle’s, cannot be overlooked: ‘I’m unsure why you’re emailing me given that I put this on my calendar months ago’

A good passive aggressive email, like Rochelle’s, cannot be overlooked: ‘I’m unsure why you’re emailing me given that I put this on my calendar months ago’

An office worker, James, started his email in an extremely professional manner by providing the dates he would be unavailable

Thousands admired how ‘bold’ Gen Z is too not only take off work, but input sassy auto-replies as well.

‘They are so bold, but I love it. As a Millennial I’d be scared to be off of work,’ wrote one woman.

Another offered: ‘Meanwhile Millennial OOOs are like “I’m on vacation with my family but please feel free to bug me!” Hate that for us.’ 

But certain other older workers called Gen Z’s work ethic callous.

‘This is so disrespectful – what if a serious client saw one of those?’

‘And that’s how you get fired,’ wrote another.