Whether short or long, emails can be detrimental to well-being at work

Many professionals find it hard to keep up with all the e-mail exchanges within their company. — Photography Tonktiti/Getty Images/AFP Relaxnews

As home working becomes more widespread, employees are overwhelmed by digital demands. They waste more and more time checking notifications on Slack, but above all sorting through their inboxes, all of which has a detrimental effect on their concentration and productivity.

Since its invention in 1971, email has become an indispensable part of work life. Employees send and receive dozens of emails a day, whatever their sector of activity. None of them would dream of giving up email, even though many complain about the workload involved in managing these messages. In fact, 40% of employees spend two to three hours a day checking and replying to their email messages, according to research conducted by LiveCareer, surveying 1,032 workers. Every year, they reportedly spend the equivalent of three weeks or even a month sorting through their work inboxes.