The average amount of time employees spend in meetings each week has reached 11.7 hours, with 9% of respondents spending more than 20 hours of their working week in meetings What’s also interesting is that, even prior to the pandemic, research showed that there had already been a rise in the demand for video conferencing software among remote workers.Īccording to Gartner’s workforce consumer survey, This was reported by App Annie during the week of March 14-21, 2020 – the highest number ever seen. In fact, from the outset of the pandemic, video conferencing software downloads were surging, with enterprise-focused mobile app downloads hitting 62 million.
Having been thrust into a remote working environment, members of the global workforce have quickly learned to rely on video conferencing software.