As more offices continue to turn to hybrid and virtual-first models, teams are facing new challenges around issues like proximity bias and engagement during video calls, according to a Prezi survey of 1,118 enterprise workers that dug into how they’re navigating hybrid and remote working.
Here are some key findings:
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More than half of hybrid workers (66.2%) say a proximity bias exists that favors colleagues who are together in the office.
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Most meetings are hybrid or remote:
- 47.3% say the majority of their meetings are hybrid, where at least 1 person joins remotely and 1 joins from the office.
- 45% say the majority of their meetings are fully remote.
- Only 7.7% reported that the majority of their meetings are fully in-person.
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Nearly 3 out of 4 respondents said staying focused and engaged is the #1 challenge to collaborating on video meetings.
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The top 3 reasons why people turn their cameras off during video meetings are:
- Multitasking on other work-related tasks (42.2%) .
- Don’t want other attendees seeing them or their living space (28%) .
- Eating or making meals (26.7%) .
- The top 4 things that would most likely put people to sleep in video meetings are:
- The meeting is too long.
- Boring presentations lacking group discussion.
- Non-energetic speaker(s) leading the meeting.
- No on-screen visuals or on-screen content to follow.
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85% of workers said it’s important to have their brand’s logos, fonts, and color represented in external virtual meetings, while 58% of respondents said it was important for internal virtual meetings.
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The average amount of time spent preparing for a video meeting is:
- 30 minutes - 1 hour (30.8%) .
- More than 1 hour (25.9%) .
- 15 - 30 minutes (18.7%) .
- 5 - 15 minutes (13%) .
- Less than 5 minutes (5.8%) .
- I don’t usually prepare for my video meetings (5.8%) .
