Huge Company Bans Internal Email, Switches Totally To Facebook-Type-Stuff And Instant Messaging
This trend at the corporate level mirrors email trends among young people—the future workforce. As the chart below shows, the use of web-based email by the younger crowd is plummeting, as these folks communicate via Facebook, IM, and texting instead. Email is still an extremely convenient way to communicate, so it’s not likely to go anywhere. But there’s no question that email is losing share of digital communications, including in the workplace. And that’s not good for companies that depend on it for their livelihoods.
