Phone calls still assume the people on the receiving end are attached to a desk. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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Why couldn't this call be an email? Why would you call, when you know that you are near indistinguishable from spam calls about Microsoft services and Nigerian princes?

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[-] Noel_Skum 12 points 1 week ago

Generally I get work emails to tell me things and work phone calls to ask me things. One twenty minute conference call could equate to about 800 emails going back and forth. (Also, some of our best staff don’t read and write (English) too well.

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