E-mail stress

O e-mail tornou-se numa ferramenta de trabalho indispensável, mas será que o excesso de e-mails poderá constituir um problema para os trabalhadores e para a produtividade das empresas? Já se fala num tipo de stress associado à consulta e resposta de e-mails.

O artigo
E-mail is ruining my life!
By Ben Limberg
BBC Money Programme

Two million e-mails are sent every minute in the UK. That is almost three billion each day. But what is the real cost of this information overload?

We can spend up to half our working day going through our inbox, leaving us tired, frustrated and unproductive.
A recent study found one-third of office workers suffer from e-mail stress.
And it is expensive, too. One FTSE firm estimated that dealing with pointless e-mails cost it £39m a year.
Now firms are being forced to help staff deal with the daily avalanche in their inboxes. Some hire e-mail consultants, while others are experimenting with e-mail free days.
Ray Tomlinson is not a household name, but perhaps he should be. Ray was responsible for the e-mail revolution.

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