Conversely, electronic messaging brings the work day into employees' home life. It invades your privacy, coming into your bedroom with the news. The work habits of the Technical group epitomize this impact. Most of the group don't go into the office. Instead, they work at home from their terminals.
Managers use electronic messaging for different reasons and see different advantages.
There seems to be no single standard for using electronic messaging. Some empty their mailboxes daily. They allow mail to pile up and then put it in another file. In discussing the diverse uses of electronic messaging, the same manager also mentioned that people in technical areas use electronic messaging for project management and as a public forum for exchanging information about technical problems. I use EM to solicit opinions of multiple readers concurrently.