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Internet Life Project looks at Internet work Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

The Pew & Internet Life Project has released a new survey on how people use the web at work. Here are some interesting numbers from the report:

  • 62% of workers use the Internet at work
  • 93% of those people own a mobile phone, compared to 78% of all US adults
  • 61% own a laptop, compared to 39% for all adults
  • 27% of workers use the Internet “constantly” at work
  • 46% of those have a salary >US$75,000 p.a.

The Pew researchers who put together the study said that those workers who constantly use the Internet at work are starting to feel too connected, and were finding it hard to achieve a work-life balance.

This is backed up by another recent survey by Beta Research that found that 62% of workers with work email accounts check their accounts on the weekend (19% of them >5 times per weekend).

I don’t know about you, but I reckon that the figure for constant work Internet use might be higher than 27% in Australia. Is too much connectivity a bad thing? Interested to hear your thoughts.