Sick of Email? Try These 3 Alternative Communication Apps
Since the dawn of the Internet, email has been that thing you love to hate. Email was meant to be a dynamic tool capable of replacing the odd fax machine and postal mail. Today, some workers dread even opening their inbox due to how much time they have to invest in it. Some might even wonder if there’s a better way to go about their work day.
These statistics aren’t exactly in favor of email as an inter-office communication tool:
- In the words of Monica Seeley, an email management expert, “Most companies are grappling with email overload. Companies are losing up to 20 days per person per year, dealing with email poorly.”
- Spam makes up a significant portion of emails sent. In fact, up to 100 billion spam emails are sent out on a daily basis.
- Over 60 percent of all emails sent worldwide are spam messages.
- On average, workers spend roughly two hours a week working on documents shared via email.
- Every day, workers receive and send around 15 email attachments; that’s 5,000 attachments every year. Considering how commonly viruses are found in attachments, this is a dangerous gambit.