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Hyperconnectivity Drives Executives to Demand Real Right to Disconnect

Staff contend with 270 interruptions per day on average, stretching work hours into times normally reserved for private life.

Overview

  • The typical employee now receives 117 emails and 153 Teams messages per day and is interrupted roughly every two minutes.
  • 40% of workers check emails before 6 a.m. and 29% after 10 p.m., blurring boundaries between work and personal time.
  • 65% of French staff report feeling dependent on screens, yet only 16% of companies enforce measures to limit digital access.
  • Seventy-five percent of respondents report that digital overload has caused sleep disorders, concentration difficulties or stress.
  • Support for an enforceable right to disconnect has risen to 67% of executives, an 11-point increase since 2016, but legal obligations remain largely unfulfilled.