Estimate the weekly time spent managing email.
Every received and sent message consumes an average handling time, so total daily email minutes come from both directions combined. Email silently consumes hours each week, and quantifying it shows why batching and templates free up meaningful time.
Email Volume
Email time = (received + sent) x minutes each; weekly = daily x 5; replies = received x reply share x minutes
Email time = (received + sent) x minutes each; weekly = daily x 5; replies = received x reply share x minutes Every received and sent message consumes an average handling time, so total daily email minutes come from both directions combined.
Email silently consumes hours each week, and quantifying it shows why batching and templates free up meaningful time.
This calculator takes 4 inputs: Emails received, Minutes per email, Percent needing reply, Emails sent per day. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.