![]() Imagine having to contend with all this in the normal office environment? It’s no wonder we’re all exhausted. You often have to decipher what they are saying when there is a bad connection, while trying to avoid any incursions caused by family or pets. You remain in the same sedentary position, looking straight into colleague’s faces - all up close and personal. In the normal office environment, you sit at a distance, you can reach for a biscuit, have a quiet conversation with a colleague, or briefly look out the window to break up the focussed attention. There are several reasons why they produce an eye-rolling despair among desk-based workers the world over, but in terms of the overwhelming weariness experienced as a result of back-to-back Zoom meetings all day, the key reason is because the cognitive load required for Zoom meetings far exceeds that required for in-person ones. Video calls are the bane of many people’s existence, especially if you are an introvert. Now we are nearing the end of the cataclysmic year that has been 2020, ‘Zoom fatigue’ should probably be updated to ‘Zoom exhaustion’. ![]() The term Zoom fatigue started appearing online around 6 months ago, when most office-based workers swapped face-to-face meetings around a table for home-based face-to-screen ones. ![]() Working remotely has some truly wonderful benefits, but have you ever experienced the effects of Zoom fatigue? Here’s our guide to help you avoid this 21st-century problem. ![]()
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