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Artificial intelligence eases the burden of post-vacation messages
When Lindsay Scrase began planning a nine-day family trip to Japan last spring, she was determined to avoid the stress that often accompanies returning from vacation due to a workload.
Throughout her career, returning to work after a vacation meant a packed schedule of meetings and an inbox full of messages. “I want to completely disconnect from work this time,” she said before her 11-hour flight.
That’s why Scrase, the chief operating officer at San Francisco-based career verification company Checkr, decided to outsource the task of keeping up with the workflow to artificial intelligence.
Until recently, employees were able to spend their vacations without worrying about a backlog of emails, either because email wasn't accessible on their phones or because workday boundaries were more clearly defined. However, the culture of 24/7 work, reinforced by the expansion of remote work, has blurred those boundaries. Today, more and more companies are relying on tools to help employees and managers catch up on what they missed during their absence, should they dare to mute work notifications while on vacation.
Among these tools is Microsoft's Copilot, which costs $30 per user per month, along with Google's Gemini and Atlassian's Rovo, both of which are available as subscriptions for businesses. Rovo's monthly users have grown to 1.5 million, a 50% increase compared to the previous quarter.
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