A little over 7 months ago barely any of us had heard of Zoom, but since the pandemic, its users have jumped from 10 million to 300 million at its peak. Yet with Zoom calls becoming part of our everyday workplace routine, you may be surprised at the habits that many Brits have adopted. A survey of 1000 people working from home due to COVID-19 and commissioned by Eskenzi PR, a global tech PR agency, has found that workplace etiquette is becoming more lax, with almost half of those surveyed saying that colleagues have turned up late to virtual meetings and over half have been interrupted by colleagues on calls. The survey also found that 47% of people felt that their colleagues were distracted on video calls, with 91% of Brits admitting that they look at themselves or have seen someone else look at themselves while on work calls! It seems that there is a lot more happening behind the camera than you might think…
The survey reveals some on the concerning habits Brits have displayed on Zooms calls as:
91% admit they’ve been distracted by their own image on screen and can’t help looking at themselves.
85% have slyly worked on emails or have seen others who have.
Millennials were the highest generation slyly emailing
77% are sneakily texting
More females reported doing this (81%) than males (70%)
66% have munched their way through a Zoom meeting
88% of Gen Z’s have reported eating on a call
18% have enjoyed an alcoholic drink
25% of males reported drinking alcohol over 14% of women
17% have smoked or vaped
More men (20%) than women (15%) are smoking on calls
12% have picked their spots and 11% have picked their teeth on video calls
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