“Is Jason working today?”
“Well he’s replying to emails, so he must be!”
Tunnel vision has the advantage of productivity but a quick response time to emails portrays the impression of a work ethic.
In this modern remote working world where managers can’t physically see you at your laptop, I think the fear is an unreplied email is a sign of dossing.
I think the insecure employee imagines the sender attributing the response delay to laziness rather than busyness.
And so, some real productivity is sacrificed for artificial productivity.
Thomas Duggan 