Why Your Colleagues and Work Contacts Are Texting You More

Why Your Colleagues and Work Contacts Are Texting You More Business communication is the belastung frontier for texting to infiltrate, but new data shows that it is making inroads, especially as employers increasingly expect their employees to be connected in myriad ways.Phone-number generating app Burner surveyed 1,000 working Americans through AYTM to see how they felt about texting and work.Results of the survey showed geschftliches miteinander texting is normalizing, with 66% of workers finding it appropriate to text for business and work-related reasons. 70% of workers said at least some of their business matters or conversations had jumped from email to text over the last 5 years, and over half of workers (55%) text with people they do business with at least once a week.But mixing business with texting is a mixed bag.One one handTexting is useful in a pinchTexts are the critical option if you need to get ahold of a colleague ASAP.Half of American workers are most likely to use texting when trying to reach a colleague urgently or after hours. While 46% of American workers willreply to texts after five minutes, only 11% will respond to emails after five minutes.On the other handTheyre invasiveOnce your business contacts are on your personal phone, you cant undo it. 30% of workers receive texts at inappropriate hours from business contacts or colleagues, and 11% have received an inappropriate message from a business contact.Workers sometimesfeel uncomfortable (58%) with the idea of giving their personal cell phone number to business contactsWomen sometimes feel uncomfortable (62%) with the idea of giving their cell phone number to business contactsDont forget these business texting rules to live by including never send bad news via text, dont change meeting times or venues via text, dont text after work hours unless its urgent, and always sign your texts so the recipient knows who it is coming from. Sheila McClearThis story originally appeared onLadders.