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WhatsApp, Zoom, Slack ... These exhausting communication tools

2020-05-17T17:26:09.583Z


INVESTIGATION - During containment, with the spread of teleworking, the use of multiple communication channels exploded. Sometimes intrusive and often time-consuming, this ultraconnection, with its cohort of alerts and notifications, can lead to stress and saturation.


"I have 7 active Teams groups, 8 family and friendly WhatsApp groups, incessant emails ..." Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, and especially with the generalization of teleworking, there are many, like Sophie , to live at the rate of incessant notifications, whether professional or personal. For two months, this mother of three has lived almost without border between her personal and professional life. Between the jokes of her friends, the news of her family or even the WhatsApp groups of parents of students from her children's school, personal notifications are continuously superimposed on those of the various professional exchanges on the collaborative platform used by her. company.

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For Laurence Einfalt, psychologist and founder of Jara, specializing in organizational coaching, the impact of this virtual logorrhea, multiplied during confinement, is very harmful. "First of all, this multiplication of notifications

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Source: lefigaro

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