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Fernhill
Year 12 · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
OverviewClients and partnersBack officeWhere time goesJobs6Tools and softwareTeam6Hand-offsWhat waitsProjects
Jobs
Quote drafts122 hPermit checks64 hSupplier orders188 hSite visit desk151 hClient update46 hInvoice reminders97 h
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Overview
Fernhill Studio · Maya's mailbox · every email read

Maya's year in email

Operations, people and HR and sales take 68% of Maya's email time. Six stages repeat with client after client, all of them every month, and 94 hours of the work could run on their own or become a quick check.

Emails
19,84072 on a typical weekday
Hours of email
612About 12 hours a week
Answered within a day
77%52% within the hour
Hours that could change
9460 run on their own, 34 become a quick check

Emails per month

sent and received, counted once
April, busiest: 2,415
Oct
Nov
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep

Where the time goes

All areas
Operations316 h
People and HR54 h
Sales45 h
Marketing34 h
Legal29 h
Finance28 h

How the work flows: six stages every client goes through

Runs on its ownYou approveStays with youSomeone else
JobWhat it needsHours a yearFrom now on
Site visit deskA shared record48
Quote first draftsOne routine30
Supplier order follow-upA shared record19
Invoice remindersA shared record18
Permit status checksOne routine12
Weekly client updateOne routine12

Who Maya works with

emails between teammates

Writes to Maya

TTheo1,842IIris1,406RRosa902DDev610

Maya writes to

TTheo1,288IIris506RRosa412KKofi318

Hand-offs inside the team

11,692 emails between the six
TheoMaya
1,842
IrisMaya
1,406
MayaTheo
1,288
RosaMaya
902
DevMaya
610

Maya is the hub. The two busiest lanes end with Maya, and the claim held on all 200 reshuffles of the data. See every lane