Communicating - whether online or in person - takes up at least half of a working day for millions of EU workers, says Eurostat.
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00:00If your inbox is about to burst after the Christmas break, you're not alone.
00:09Spending at least half of the time at work on group chats, emails and communications in general
00:16is the norm for 46% of EU employees.
00:21The most overwhelmed are the Maltese and the French.
00:25Nearly 80% of Maltese spend at least half of their working time on communications,
00:3275% in France, 72% in Austria and 70% in Cyprus.
00:39The lowest percentages are in Slovakia, Greece and Latvia.
00:44EU-wide, women tend to communicate more than men at work.
00:5051.5% of female employees use at least half of their time for internal and external communications,
00:59compared to 43% of men.
01:02Millennials are the most engaged in communications among male employees,
01:08with 45% spending at least half of their time on it.
01:13While for women, the peak is at 56%, primarily among Gen Zs.
01:20In general, finance and insurance professionals spend the most time communicating,
01:26followed by those in education and hospitality.