Meetings have always been an integral part of the professional environment, but a post-COVID surge has some organizations rethinking just how necessary these check-ins actually are.
According to a study by Reclaim, professionals spent more than half of their 40-hour workweek in meetings in 2021. Breaking that cycle has been difficult; a 2022 study by AI transcription service Otter and UNC Charlotte found that employees were still spending an average of 18 hours in meetings per week, limiting worker productivity, increasing the amount of off-hours work being done and, therefore, the chance of burnout, and costing companies millions in unnecessary spending.
