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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky favors texting over emails, citing 'inferior' communication

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky has stated that he rarely writes emails, finding them an inferior communication method compared to texting. He prefers texting his 8,200 employees because it feels more personal and less like work than drafting emails. Chesky ranks in-person communication as the best, followed by Zoom, text, and then email. Other CEOs, like Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi, also have different approaches to communication, with Khosrowshahi viewing weekend emails as part of hard work, though research indicates many younger workers would quit over after-hours contact. AI

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky favors texting over emails, citing 'inferior' communication

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Orianna Rosa Royle ·

    Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he writes just one email a week, if that—because it ‘feels like work’ and is ‘inferior’ to just texting his staff

    Most bosses drown in their inbox. Airbnb's CEO Brian Chesky can barely remember the last email he wrote. “I don’t know if I write an email a week.”