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28%

28% -- share of workday spent on email for office employees (2015)

2015  · McKinsey Global Institute

In 2015, 28% of the work day was spent managing, reading, and sorting through emails according to an analysis by the McKinsey Global Institute.

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office employees: 28% share of workday spent on email. Source: McKinsey Global Institute (2015). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/workday-spent-on-email-2015
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/workday-spent-on-email-2015" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>28%</strong> -- share of workday spent on email for office employees<br><small>Source: McKinsey Global Institute (2015) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/workday-spent-on-email-2015" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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