Survey: 2.5 hours a day wasted on email

Add it up, that is 81 days of lost productivity each year

HOUSTON – A new survey found the average American office worker spends 2.5 hours every day dealing with email.  And most of that is internal email.

Add it up, that is 81 days of lost productivity each year.  By comparison, employees said they spent 6.4 hours a week interacting with people directly.

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The poll was conducted by the international consulting firm, McKinsey Global.


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