From the comments on the article: > I took a look at the numbers. The categories are broad. If I check my emails 10 minutes per weekday it is counted as one ho

From the comments on the article: > I took a look at the numbers. The categories are broad. If I check my emails 10 minutes per weekday it is counted as one hour for the purpose of calculating the mean. 62% of the participants report checking work emails in 2 hours or less. IMO there is still enough time to do deep work. Fore average calculation, the last category “more than 6 hours” is assigned “9 hours”. So I think these numbers are skewed. > I don’t get why anyone would check their personal emails for more than two hours a day. The survey doesn’t say they did so during working time. So, yeah, it seems like this was deliberately distorted to the point that there's no truth left in it.