It's increasingly easy to sneak a peek at your work email when you're away from the office, but that's not much of a holiday, is it? Do you stay tethered to the office during the holidays?
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Yahoo! News shares a study highlighting the holiday email habits of Americans:
A new survey from Xobni and Harris Interactive says 59% of employed American adults check their e-mail during holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. Of the 59%, more than half (55%) check their work e-mails at least once a day, while about 28% check their e-mails multiple times throughout the day.
Equally as interesting as the number of people who checked their work email on holidays were the reasons they gave for doing so, including the need to stay up-to-date and to ease their workload when they return to work after the holiday. So we're wondering:
Whether you leave your laptop and mobile devices at the office or you're sneaking a look at your BlackBerry while Uncle Fred is carving the turkey, tell us more about it in the comments.