Here are some cracking graphics and stats from GFI Software regarding email user habits. They show a stark increase in the way that work email is encroaching into our personal lives.
Apparently, 41% of the people they surveyed admit to checking work email at least once a day in their personal time, while 38% admit checking multiple times a day or in real-time through pre-work mornings, evenings, weekends and days off. I feel their pain.
The study was conducted for GFI Software by Opinion Matters, surveying 500 UK workers from companies with up to 500 employees.
Key findings from the survey include:
– More than a quarter of those surveyed (26.6%) respond to work email within 15 minutes or receiving it during work hours. A further 26.1% of respondents answer work email within half an hour during office hours.
– When sending email, the same respondents are less fussy about response times, with only 8.6% expecting a reply inside 15 minutes and only 17% expecting one inside half an hour. Most expect a reply within a few hours (24.4%) or at least within a day (24.8%) of sending a message.
– However, just under a third (31.4%) still resist the temptation to look in on their company email outside of the working day.
