70% of Employees Say E-mail Improves Communication at Work; New Study Reveals that E-mail Increases Employer/Employee Interaction.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2000 While experts often underscore the negative effects of e-mail and Internet use in the workplace, a new study suggests that electronic messages actually improve communication at the office. A new study by Vault.com, (http://www.Vault.com) has discovered that 70% of employees say that the use of e-mail has increased/improved communication with their boss. These survey results are part of a just-released, brand-new 22-page study entitled the Vault.com Survey of Email Behavior in the Workplace, based on responses from 1,004 employees nationwide. Employees were asked to comment on the importance of e-mail in the workplace. Responses include: - "It allows you to say things you may shy away from in person". - "Allows my boss greater control over interruptions, and frees me from waiting for appointments." - "Keeps a clearer, chronological communication base." - "Allows the boss to stay well informed of my day-to-day progress/contributions. It gives me time to formulate my responses and thoughts carefully so as to better communicate with my boss...it's particularly useful for taking care of quick business and progress reports on major projects. You can get more in-depth without taking so much face-time." - "(My boss) is difficult to reach, but he checks his e-mail constantly. Many decisions can be made and moved forward without him even being in the office." In the coming weeks, Vault.com will release more findings from its Survey of Email Behavior in the Workplace, the first-ever-comprehensive look at the effect of e-mail use at work. For more information, contact Rob Birgfeld at rbirgfeld@staff.vault.com. In addition to studying workplace issues, Vault.com is well known for its award-winning "insider" company and industry profiles on companies such as Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), Bell Atlantic (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BEL), Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. (NYSE: GS), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), Xerox (NYSE: XRX XRX Xerox Corporation (stock symbol) ), and Lycos (NASDAQ: LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) A technology used to make microdisplays for rear-projection TVs and head-mounted displays (HMDs). Each LCoS chip hosts a grayscale LCD shutter sandwiched between a cover glass and a mirror. ). About Vault.com Vault.com (formerly VaultReports.com), The Workplace Network(TM), is the Internet's leading destination for career information and management. Vault.com's mission is to help professionals advance their careers through "insider" career information, online networking, online courses, job listings, and more. Just named one of the "100 Best Sites for 2000" and "the best way to scope out potential employers" by Yahoo! Internet Life Yahoo! Internet Life was a monthly magazine published by Ziff-Davis, which licensed the name from Yahoo!, a well known search engine website. It was created and launched by Barry Golson, the former executive editor of Playboy and TV guide. , Vault.com provides "insider" guides on over 3,000 companies and 70 industries. It also offers the much-praised Electronic WaterCooler(TM), the Internet's first-ever network of expert-moderated message boards for employees. In addition, Vault.com offers a free job board that contains over 200,000 job postings - one of the largest job databases on the Internet. Vault.com was founded in 1996 by H.S. Hamadeh, Samer Hamadeh, and Mark Oldman, together recently named to the "Silicon Alley 100: New York's 100 Most Influential Internet Executives." |
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