London, Nov 29 (ANI): Former French finance minister Thierry Breton plans to ban his office staff from sending emails to each other, saying they are a waste of time and outdated.
Breton, 56, who is now CEO of Atos, one of Europe's largest information technology services wants a "zero email" policy to be in place within as early as 18 months, arguing that only 10 per cent of the 200 electronic messages his employees receive per day on average turn out to be useful.
Instead he wants them to use an instant messaging and a Facebook-style interface.
Breton said that the staff, spend between 5-20 hours handling emails.
French IT Company to ban emails in office
