Think before you click send

A survey of 2,000 people reported by the Daily Telegraph has identified that 20% of office workers admit to sending an inappropriate email in the heat of the moment.

A third of respondents also admitted to pressing reply to all, when they had intended to only press rely.

One in ten also admitted sending an insulting email about a colleague inadvertently to the person they were insulting.

When an improper email had been sent one in twenty of the senders had been reprimanded or dismissed

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