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For many, online conferences still mean stress
It is often about technical concerns. Gender and age also play a role – sometimes contrary to common clichés.
Even five years after the Corona pandemic has made video conferences a breakthrough, they mean stress for many people. How strong, it also depends on who speaks to whom, as a survey on behalf of Logitech shows. When asked how stressed it is 15 minutes before an online meeting with external interlocutors such as customers or superiors, around 27 percent of the respondents called a scale of 1 to 10 values of 7 or above. At a meeting with colleagues it was just under 21 percent. People who mainly work on the computer were interviewed.
However, the stress level also depends heavily on the gender. In all three scenarios, female respondents mentioned high stress levels than their male colleagues. The biggest difference was 33 to 22 percent in discussions with external people and customers.
The old ones are relatively relaxed
Age also ensures significant differences – but unlike the cliché. According to the survey, the middle -aged employees are most stressed. Young, but also old people, are much more relaxed on average.
In principle, the respondents were not set against online meetings: asked what form they preferred, named 30 percent virtual meetings, 36 percent of physical and 27 percent of hybrids. Interestingly, women and middle -aged people, of all people, tend to become a virtual meeting a little more often – exactly those groups that are then particularly stressed.
Often well equipped at home
One reason for stress could be concerned that the technology for the meeting does not work. 29 percent of the respondents reported on it. 14 percent even said that they regularly have technical problems in meetings and 12 percent avoid online meetings or cancel them because they fear technical problems. However, around two thirds of the respondents also said that they were well equipped for virtual meetings – although there were hardly any differences between the office and home office.
“Good meeting technology has long been a competitive factor,” says Serkan Ates from Logitech. “Anyone who offers reliable tools avoid frustration, increases performance and increases satisfaction.” His company had commissioned YouGov’s survey, who interviewed around 2110 people in April who mainly work on the computer.
dpa
Source: Stern
