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Europe's Largest IT Company To Ban Internal Email

• DennisP 15y ago
  I'm an old fart, but I don't get why so many people don't see the advantages of asynchronous communication.
• helen842000 15y ago
  They cite that their employees get 200+ emails a day. Yet they want them to revert to a chat based system. They'll still get the same amount of communication but be expected to give an immediate response. How long will it be before people just mark themselves as "Away" and treat their IM's as a new mailbox.
• mark_l_watson 15y ago
  The worse use of email: having automated build and test systems email every little status change and hiccup. I would much rather have a web app with a concise status/warning, etc. display. On the other hand, I like to work uninterrupted so I often turn off email clients, Skype, and my cellphone anyway.
• epo 15y ago
  On a similar note, many years ago I worked for the research labs of a European telco. The head of the lab decreed that we should strive to go paperless and bragged that he had achieved this himself in his own office. Indeed he had, his secretary however, couldn't move for filing cabinets. There was also a harsh quota on email storage to prevent people hoarding 'old, useless' emails. This, inevitably, increased the amount of stuff printed out 'just in case'. Shortly before leaving I opined loudly in a meeting where this was raised that the paperless office made as much sense as the paperless toilet. Didn't solve anything but was enjoyable in a naughty boy sense.
• pasbesoin 15y ago
  Reminds me of the moronic edicts I used to have to deal with.