Arianna Huffington has implemented a new rule at her wellness company Thrive Global to ensure employees can fully unplug while on vacation: she deletes their incoming emails. Any emails that an employee receives while on vacation will automatically get deleted and senders will receive an automated message. "While you’...
I'll preface this post with an acknowledgement that email is here to stay. That said, we don't have to treat our stream of outgoing messages like a firehose. The following companies have adopted compelling approaches to slow the flow of email. Consider these when crafting your...
Ah, the follow-up email. I get at least five a day from well-meaning bloggers looking to place a guest post or companies pitching a product, news item or service. Should the follow-up email be forgotten for good or remain a mainstay in modern communication? I'm in the "...
This week's guest posts focus on the risks of eating at your desk, just how much time you spend checking email and a full breakdown of the most thankless jobs. * Yikes! This one is not for the squeamish. Eating at your desk has health risks other than the...
Baydin, the team behind the Boomerang email plugin, released an infographic that sheds light on the best words to use if you want to maximize email responses. Surprisingly, both positive ("demo," "opportunity," "connect") and negative ("cancellation," "payments") words proved to...
Work email answered after employees' shifts can qualify for overtime pay, according to a law passed in Brazil last month. The legislation asserts that company emails are akin to direct orders; accordingly, employees should be compensated for following these orders. Brazil's new attitude towards after-hours email is...
