Figuratively speaking.

• Author: MacIntyre, John
• Position: News - Brief Article

Percentage of respondents to a Globe and Mail survey who say that their-co-workers are rude and ill-mannered: 30

Percentage who say that their boss is rude and ill-mannered: 22

Number of new jobs created in Canada in 2001, according to Statistics Canada: 64,000

Number created in 2002: 560,000

Number in 2003: 271,000

Average net income of self-employed Canadians, according to Statistics Canada: $15,233

Percentage of businesses who say that using e-mail has made them more efficient, according to the American Management Association: 86

Portion of the workday an average employee spends on e-mail: 1/4

Percentage of corporations that expect they will use Instant Messaging by 2004, according to the Gartner Group: 70

Percentage of all business-to-client communications that are expected to be accounted for by...