Help with This Email Please....

I agree with Lori. Emails sometimes can be a bit impersonal. A card with be a much more appreciated thank you.

Using the word Regards is very common in my company when signing something. Since its a thank you note, sincerely is good to use to. I'd send a handwritten note though on a simple conservative thank you card. keep it short and simple like the others suggested. BTW thats AWESOME that you got a gift card from the pres of the company! We get nothing - LOL! But I'm not complaining - its a good company.

First of all, don't write an e-mail - send him a card. In the mail. With a stamp. In this world of internet, we forget the personal touch that a hand written card gives. Get a nice card and write a short, heartfelt note, like what you have already.

Dear Mike,

I wanted to thank you so much for your generous gift. I really appreciate it so much - the giftcard will be so helpful with the holidays right around the corner.

I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Warmest regards,
V.

Its great what you wrote. Maybe ending it with, All the Best to you and yours during this holiday season.

Hi V.,

In my opinion an e-mail thank you is not very genuine or personal and frankly I think it is in poor taste. A card is more appropriate and thoughtful, as it shows that you took the time to go to the store, pick it out, write it and mail it. It shows effort.

I might say something along the lines of; I appreciate the generous gift card that you gave me. I look forward to using it at (such and such store or what ever it is you plan to do with it). Thank you.

Wishing you and your family a healthy, happy holiday season.

Best,
Your name

I STRONGLY agree with several of the other women-it's not acceptable to use email to thank someone. It just seems lazy. Whatever you write, do it in a handwritten note on a card.

First of all I wouldn't say "great" three times.

Did he give giftcards to everyone if so, a simple email like

Mr Wilson, (unless everyone calls him by his first name)

Thanks for the gift card. I love Target!

Best,
V.

Keep it simple. To go on an on about how it will help you during the holidays makes you seem poor/desperate.

Dear mr.xxx, is better than good morning mika. I'm always a bit more formal in cards. The rest is fine. Sign happy holiays! Best regards,....

All the etiquette experts say send a card, not an email. That's a little impersonal. Also write it in an email or word program first so you can use spell check, then write it out in a card.

That's all you need to write. He/She's busy, and doesn't need to be reading a lengthy thank you note. Sign it "Kind regards, xxx

Good for you in getting a gift from the co president. Per your question: say less. Say less no matter what your correspondence is with senior management. Think about from his point of view - he's inundated with information including emails.

Your email should be friendly, direct and short. Let him know you're grateful for the gift and also for the recognition of your work, then wish him success and happiness in the coming year.

Go ahead and stand out for the right reasons. Good luck in your job, sounds like its going well already.

Hi V.,

Firstly, congrats on your new career path into the corporate world....and the nice gift!

What I know of the corporate world is that the high mucky mucks appreciate stuffier verbiage than we would normally speak in our everyday lives. I'm very casual & laid back. I say things like "awesome". However, that seems unprofessional, so I have to reel it in. Definitely, do not write a thank you email because it does look lazy. I would go the old fashioned hand written note on nice stationary or in a nice card. It looks small when you write something small in am email, but on a notecard, it will look just right. This is what I would say....

Dear Mike,
Thank you very much for generous gift card. It is very much appreciated.
Regards,
V. R....

I honestly wouldn't go into details about how helpful it will be with the holidays coming up, etc. Lord knows even a small gift card if helpful, let alone the really nice one that you got. But, I wouldn't get all personal in it.

Best wishes,
A. S

I always feel that the most appropriate way to thank someone for a gift is in your own handwriting, not in an email. That said, what you are saying is fine. You can then add...

-Kind Regards, V. (and your title on the next line)
-Thanks (or thank you) again, V.
-All the best for you and your family this holiday season,
V.
-Many thanks once again, V.

I think that a creative and uncommonly used ending to your letter will make it stand out a little more than the rest and will appear well-thought out.

No emails. Send or put a card in his mailbox at the office.

Don't refer to him by his first name either. I call my boss by his first name, but I knew him for a year b4 he hired me.

Nanc

I agree with the suggestions to send a card, in the mail, hand written. I am a little surprised you would address the president of your company as Mike. He might have signed his name Mike, but I think it more proper for you to address him Mr.______. Also generous is a better word than great.

so far i think what you wrote is fine. however, i would most definitely handwrite the note. it means more that you took the time to write it out. also, if you have your christmas cards done, you could enclose a picture of your children with the card. and i would just end it "thank you again" or "sincerely". nothing to mushy. good luck!

Thank you again. Signed, V. r.....

V.,

First of all, I would leave out the "Good Morning". and try this instead....

Mike,

Just a short note to convey my heartfelt thanks for the Holiday Gift Card. Your generosity is greatly appreciated, and will be very helpful in providing a wonderful Christmas for myself and my 3 children!

I hope that you and your family have a wonderful holiday!

Happy Holidays!

Then just sign your name. When you are new to a company, keeping it short and simple, but sincere, is always best, until you get to know your boss and co-workers a bit better.

Also, since you don't know your boss very well yet, and you also don't know whether or not he gave all of your co-workers the same gift, I would skip the Office
E-Mail, and be a bit more formal, by sending the message through the U.S. Mail, addressed to him at the office, in an envelope marked "Personal", so that it does not get opened by anyone other than him or his secretary.

I would also write the note on some sort of a holiday card, with a blank inside, rather than on a regular piece of paper, which will make a better impression, since you're employed with the company in a professional capacity.

Hope this helps!

D.