A new survey has thrown up some dispiriting results about workplace communications, writes Anita Chaudhuri
Wed 18 Oct 2023 12.00 CEST. That is a full working day each week that we will never get back and, even worse, only 42% of the emails we send are fully read and understood.Only last week I fell victim to the perils of the subject-and-first-line email speed read. A kind colleague had forwarded an invitation to an event. I scrolled past the subject line “Gallery Opening” to the stylishly designed invitation, noting the date.Still, at least I bothered to open the message.
You might be wondering who conducted this survey. None other than Slack, a workplace instant messaging platform responsible for generating endless unnecessary communiques between workers across the globe. Now, if only someone would research how much time we waste responding to Slack notifications.