Re:The Average User Checks Email 5.6 Hours Per Weekday
by PhasmaFelis on Monday October 15, 2018 @09:16AM
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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.
> 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.