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Because everybody needs breaks and it is way more acceptable to say you are "checking email" than "staring at clouds". Even if they won't admit it, I'm sure so
by epicide 8y ago
Because everybody needs breaks and it is way more acceptable to say you are "checking email" than "staring at clouds".
Even if they won't admit it, I'm sure some people open their inbox and stare blankly as a subconscious way of taking a break.
Plus, some people do generally have answering email as their job.
- keithpeter 8y agoIs it possible that people take 'doing email' as including facebook and other social media - messaging in any form? Lets face it we tend to do those things through Web interfaces on desktop/laptops or in messaging style apps on phones that tend to look quite similar in layout. And we need to be clear about the time frame as other posters have mentioned (per day or per week) On the work based figures, I suspect that people include the time spent on a task generated by the email as 'doing email'. My colleagues certainly would, and a lot of the work related email we get is providing information directly into a rich format email.
- epicide 8y ago> time spent on a task generated by the email as 'doing email'. This probably accounts for a large chunk of the reported hours, as well.
- maxxxxx 8y agoyou are "checking email" than "staring at clouds"." I lost my window seat a while ago and that's one thing I really miss. I used to look out the window and think. Now I often obsessively check Email or Hacker News.