Are teleconferences debilitating? | Zoom Fatigue from video calls
Because of Covid-19, lately more and more employees are working from home. As a result, the established meetings of companies and many times the contact with customers is done through video calls.
According to a survey, videoconferences are very tiring and exhaust participating employees. This phenomenon has been called “Zoom Fatigue”.
Fundamental factors of fatigue are the window where one sees oneself (causing negative self-evaluation) and the fact that the faces of the interlocutors seem too large so that our brain falsely assumes that someone is right in front of us and is invading our personal space.
The above phenomenon seems to be very widespread and affects the mental health of employees. This is why very large companies such as SailPoint Technology Holdings in Texas, the cleaning products company Clorox, the MD Anderson Cancer Center and the US multinational investment bank Citigroup have already set times and days when they ‘ban’ their employees from teleconferencing in order to protect them.
Had you already heard of the so called “Zoom Fatigue” ? Continue reading. Gather more information on the matter.
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Author: PC-GR
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