Benefits Think Unconscious email use is the biggest threat to workplace productivity

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It’s impossible to imagine our work life without email. It connects people across the globe with a few clicks. It helps us avoid unnecessary calls and meetings. Besides, checking email is just the perfect way to procrastinate.

Back in 2012, McKinsey estimated that Americans spent 28% of their workweek checking and responding to emails. Over a decade later, this discovery is still widely used to illustrate how counterproductive email is and why we should limit its use at work.

Krista Krumina
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Krista Krumina is the co-founder of Truesix Co and a writer at DeskTime. In her free time, she's also a freelance journalist whose work has appeared on Insider, Sifted by FT, Thrive Global, and … Read full bio


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