Email: Companies Limit Email Use to Boost Productivity

Published: August 28, 2007, 9:30 am

Tags: email, email overload, office culture, productivity

The U.S. Cellular company has instituted a no-email rule every Friday (except customer email): Tired of "cyber indigestion," U.S. Cellular Vice President Jay Ellison instituted the policy company-wide last year in an effort to curb out-of-control emailing and encourage face-to-face or at least voice-to-voice communication. [Director of sales Jodi] Valenta notes that Fridays are often her most productive days because of the policy. "It's really great. I can go out of the office on Friday and spend my time visiting associates across Iowa and not worry about my email backing up," she said.While it's nice to see a company acknowledge and do something about email overload, it seems a more comprehensive effort to get workers to use email well every day of the week might be a better approach. Companies limit e-mail use to boost productivity [Quad-Cities Online]

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