Normally, too much information refers to someone sharing too-private details, but a new study shows we suffer from a completely different type of TMI. Experts have warned that the current work culture needs to change because employees and companies are being drowned with information. The average worker is said to receive 36 emails per day, [...]
Normally, too much information
refers to someone sharing too-private details, but a new study shows we suffer from a completely different type of
TMI. Experts have warned that the current work
culture needs to change because employees and companies are being drowned with
information. The average worker is said to receive 36 emails per day, and when you throw
in Facebook updates, new tweets, instant messages, news, phone calls, blogs, forums, cat
videos, and daily meetings, the average person is suffering from information
overload. We’re supposed to be in the
information era, but right now we’re being overloaded. Companies are scrambling to
help employees process this data, as this type of oversaturation of information can lead to
stress. Dr. Ben Searle, senior lecturer of
psychology at Macquarie University, says that this overburden of data is leading to an
increasing number of mental illnesses in the workplace. It also leads to a decline in the
quality of work and an increase of
pressure. With so many things clamoring for our
attention, it’s become hard to focus. And as technology improves, it’s only
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