People Working At Home Remain On Email Into The Night: Study

B2B email marketers are targeting a workforce that stays plugged in and is open to messaging into the night, judging by a new study commissioned by Zimbra and conducted by OnePoll.  

Of the employees polled, 70% appreciate receiving notifications at any hour. And the same percentage will answer after-hour emails.  

Moreover, 58% have their work emails connected to their personal devices. People answers work emails 12 minutes faster than personal ones, although it’s not clear if that includes sales or marketing emails.  

Still, 70% of those who work at home feel they have no choice. Only 11% log off at the normal hour of 5 p.m., while the remainder stay plugged in until later.  

Despite that, 82% feel that technology has helped them improve their work-life balance. 

For instance, 72% say laptops and phones have given them the freedom to choose where and when they work, although 56% rate their work as time-sensitive, the study says. 

In general, 72% describe their work-life balance as good to excellent. 

People are willing work after hours because they get a good feeling from being on top of their work (48%). In addition, 47% do so because they’re working on moving up in their company, and 45% because they don’t like to leave things unfinished. 

In addition, 40% feel more productive when “working on their own time as opposed to meeting deadlines" (22%).  

Technology that allows people to work outside the office also makes it possible to communicate in real time (34%) and be available to colleagues and clients (33%). 

"The flexibility and freedom of choice provided by modern technology enables us to be notified of work issues as they arise,” states Gautam Ramachandran, director of channel management and solution advisory at Zimbra. 

Ramachandran adds, “While this may appear to be disruptive, having the ability to respond quickly removes the anxiety and stress of pending issues and allows us to have a more enjoyable work-life balance."

OnePoll surveyed 2,000 office workers from April 28 to May 4, 2022 on behalf of Zimbra. 

 

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  1. Philip Verghese 'Ariel' from Philipscom, June 20, 2022 at 5:09 p.m.

    Hi, Ray .
    Very interesting indeed!
    Flexibility is there key here.  As Gautam said though it 
    appear to be disruptive, no doubt the work issues arises immediately can rectified too.
    Thanks for the share the survey 

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