Fact Friday: Answering E-Mails After Hours Adds up to Extra 365 Hours/Year

On July 6, 2012, in Fact Friday, Work-Life Balance, by Deb Lee, Certified Professional Organizer®
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“Some 68% of us check work email before 8 a.m., with half of us doing so before our heads leave the pillow. (The average check-in time of the 1,000 randomly-selected respondents: 7:09 a.m.) At the other end of the day, 69% of us can’t slip into slumber unless we’ve checked that old work email one last time.

But perhaps the most eye-popping part of the survey is how much all that extra time adds up to. Simply by answering work-related calls and emails when we’ve left the office, the average respondent is working an extra seven hours a week. That adds up to 365 hours a year.”

 

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