Technology company implements the policy “work without Email”

Employees of Atos Technology Company are prohibited from sending emails in accordance with new internal rules called “Without Email”.

The president of this French company, Thierry Breton, said that only 10% of the 200 daily messages are useful, and 18% are generally spam. Therefore, he hopes that the company will be able to get rid of internal correspondence by e-mail in the next 18 months, forcing its 74,000 employees to more actively use instant messaging systems and facebook-like interfaces.

A representative from Caroline Crouch explained to ABC News that this initiative focuses primarily on internal correspondence and does not affect e-mail interaction with customers and partners. Over the past 6 months, Atos has successfully reduced the number of internal messages by 20%. Employees welcomed this initiative and are actively using alternative means of communication.
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Thierry Breton, former French Finance Minister from 2005–2007, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he had not sent a single Email since taking office as Atos’s CEO in November 2008.

“We produce a lot of information that not only“ pollutes ”our working time, but already intrudes into personal,” he said, announcing new internal rules in February, “We will try to change this trend with us in the same way as companies reduce negative environmental impact in the aftermath of the industrial revolution. ”

According to information from the corporate website of Atos, last year revenues amounted to 8.5 billion EUR (about $ 11.5 billion), the company is represented in 42 countries.

According to a company representative, by 2013, half the amount of work with digital content will be editing and updating existing information. Average management will spend up to 25% of their time searching for existing information.

Atos is considering new tools that will replace email, including collaboration tools and social media tools. Including, Atos Wiki, which allows all employees to communicate, modify and distribute online content and Office Communicator is a corporate online communication tool with the possibility of video conferencing, file sharing and general work with applications.

From the translator.
A good example of looking at things in large companies with developed bureaucracy. Something similar has already been tried. There are several arguments for and against this approach in today's realities.

1. “If you want to be done - call. You do not want - write ... »©
2. C Email can work when you are comfortable, and you have to respond to instant messages immediately.
3. E-mail is easy to present to auditors and superiors as proof of their actions.
4. There is information about the history of correspondence
5. It is closer in ideology to paperwork, and therefore more familiar.

For ITshnikov these arguments may seem nonsense, we begin to remember KO and common sense. But still - let's try to delve into the problems of people far from IT, especially management, in large corporations. Today. On Friday.