As the pandemic hit the entire, companies from all over the world, as well as educational institutions moved to virtual communications. During the entire situation, people resorted to applications that allowed companies to carry out meetings and conferences.
That was the time when Zoom finally got to show its potential as an online video-conferencing application. Throughout the pandemic, the majority of the companies and industries from all over the world resorted to Zoom for meets and conferences.
Zoom turned out to be one of the most convenient and efficient meeting platforms for all industries and institutions. From the start of the pandemic until now, the platform has gained so much adoption and investment that its founder became a billionaire within 12 months.
However, as the pandemic continues hitting the world from time to time, people have to continue using video conferences. At times, the conferences take hours to end and many people even have to log into different video conferences one after another.
This means that people do not have the time to get up and leave their stations. They have to keep sitting in front of their computer/laptop screens for hours, which is resulting in many problems. Many people have started reporting that they are facing eyesight issues and their eyesight is weakening with time.
Now it is more than 12-months since the pandemic has been around and the majority of the companies are still sticking to their work-from-home model. Therefore, attending too many meetings and conferences through Zoom has started impacting workers on a large scale.
So far, several companies from all over the world have reported the same problem and they are very concerned about their employees. Recent research around the negative impact of video conferences and meets has shown that employees have started taking a lot of stress from the daily runs.
Therefore, companies are trying their best to tackle this problem and make the lives of their employees much easier during the pandemic. According to the latest reports, Citi and HSBC have both introduced a new program to tackle the video conference stress.
The report suggests that Citi and HSBC have introduced a new program called the “Zoom-free day”. As a result of the new program, a few days throughout the week would not require employees to be on Zoom conference calls.
Citi and HSBC are both following the same program and soon, more companies from around the world are to follow the same. During the particular days, the employees will not be expected to hold or be part of any conference calls.
The companies have not come to this conclusion based on employee feedback. The decision has been made after research that showed that the employees are having a huge impact on their mental condition due to elongated meetings.