Re: Computers & Email are hurting productivity

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 2/24/06, Richard M. Smith <rms () bsf-llc com> wrote:
> Americans work more, seem to accomplish less
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/life_work_dc;_ylt=AnIWfcDJFC8SL.TP1R.h0WsDW7oF;_y
> lu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
>
> By Ellen Wulfhorst Thu Feb 23, 9:58 AM ET
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most U.S. workers say they feel rushed on the job, but
> they are getting less accomplished than a decade ago, according to newly
> released research.
>
> Workers completed two-thirds of their work in an average day last year, down
> from about three-quarters in a 1994 study, according to research conducted
> for Day-Timers Inc., an East Texas, Pennsylvania-based maker of
> organizational products.

I would say the productive workers might be unwilling to respond to
surveys from the makers of organizational products, waste of time if
you ask me. :-)

> Workers typically get 46 e-mails a day, nearly half of which are
> unsolicited, it said.

Hmm, I wonder how many of those emails are for an online survey.. (also :-)

-JP

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