I need to have a word with half of you; 47.6
percent of you to be exact.
Research came through in the last week that
you’ve been taking virtual meetings from the bathroom of all places! What is
wrong with you?!
I’m sure this rather revolting research from
Jugo wasn’t intended to bring up this particular finding but such is life. Yet
the toilet talking is the tip of the iceberg.
According to the research there is deception
throughout our ranks. Two-thirds have texted friends, just short of a third
have lied about their location, just over a fifth have gone for a walk, and
13.9% have gone to sleep, with 7.7% deciding to ‘sleep’ with someone else!
Are we surprised?
All jokes aside, we’ve all been on calls that we’d rather not. Those ones where you say hello and mute your mic for an hour, mandatory training sessions on how to work remotely, and even the weekly briefing you could do without. These meetings are naturally tough to get through and can leave you drained, illustrated perfectly by the so-called ‘Zoom fatigue’ that the workforce were suffering throughout 2021. On the other hand, these meetings are often important and unengaged participants slow down the productivity of a whole department as they need to catch up on the meeting that, apparently, wasn’t as important as ‘working out’. The fact of the matter is that these meetings are not designed to be entertaining, and why should they? These meetings are designed to be informative and productive. Yet while some of us are busy working out the biggest challenges we’ve experienced in a while, the rest are engaging in the weekly 10am briefing.Two-thirds have texted friends, just short of a third have lied about their location, just over a fifth have gone for a walk, and 13.9% have gone to sleep, with 7.7% deciding to ‘sleep’ with someone else!
