Meeting fatigue is bad for business

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Does your meeting schedule keep you away from actual work during the week? You’re not alone. 

According to work collaboration platform Miro, 43% of workers report that meetings negatively impact their productivity, and 65% have felt panicked due to their meeting load. In total, WorkLife estimates that workers spend 37% of their workdays in meetings or coordinating them. While the rise in remote work demonstrated that office workers are more than capable of completing tasks and projects asynchronously, the number of meetings people have on their plate has increased by 60% since 2020, according to Harvard Business Review.  

Deanna Cuadra
Senior Reporter

Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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