What to do when everyone’s sick of meetings

Knowledge workers are stretched thin.

In Microsoft’s most recent Work Trend Index survey of 31,000 workers across 31 countries, 64% said they struggle to find the time and energy to complete all of the tasks for their jobs. 

This may be particularly true in tech, where reduced workforces and tightening budgets are driving teams to hit their targets with ever-fewer resources. But there’s another pesky culprit for workers’ shortness on time: Meetings. 

Early last year, Microsoft found that the average number of work meetings attended by Microsoft Teams users more than doubled between February 2020 and February 2022, adding up to a 300% increase in meeting-time expenditure during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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