But while half do it simply to stay organised, 20 per cent want to impress the boss by putting in the extra hours. A further 37 per cent reply to work emails in bed to keep on top of things. But they’re also using their mobiles to mix work and their personal life in ways never seen before.
In a nod to the UK’s changing work environment, 38 per cent of the 1,000 randomly selected workers polled believe their job would now be impossible without mobile access to work email. Most people are consolidating their devices and many use the same phone for personal and work use – currently 15 per cent of people are still carrying separate personal and work phones.
Andy Jacques General Manager of EMEA for mobile security software company Good Technology, says: 'There was a time when it was difficult to continue working outside of the office without carrying a laptop. But with today’s ‘always on’ society, people are pretty much working from the moment they wake up until the moment they fall asleep. While most of our customers believe their employees do work more hours as a result of this accessibility, they also appreciate and welcome the enhanced work-life balance that comes when employees have more freedom and choice as to where and when they get their work done.
Smartphones and tablets have made it much easier to be able to work on the move, and that’s helping people choose when and where to get things done.
At the school gate, on the train or in the queue at the coffee shop, this new wave of connected device is enabling people to be more productive than ever before.
'Today, many businesses are allowing employees to use their personal phones for work. In fact, 42 per cent of the people we surveyed are using the same phone for work and personal activity, which means that they are now carrying around not only sensitive corporate information, but irreplaceable personal data on the same device.