Xobni, a software developing company, did a survey on email behaviour during the holidays… and I have to say that personally, I find the results to be rather surprising. Sixty-eight percent of respondents (all US working adults) admitted to checking their email on holidays… and 19% of these respondents are thankful for the distraction of work email on these holidays.
One thing that did strike a chord with me was that 41% of people check their email because they believe staying up-to-date with email will ease the workload once the holiday is over. I can certainly understand the driving factor behind that – there’s nothing worse than coming back to work after some time off to find an out-of-control inbox.
