Advisory Board October 3, 2022
A recent study that researched ways companies can save time and money on meeting strategy, culture, and tools found that almost half of employees say they have too many unnecessary meetings in their schedule, resulting in a potential “wasted” annual investment of more than $25,000 per employee.
How employees feel about unnecessary meetings
For the study, Otter.ai, whose software helps companies record meetings, partnered with Steven Rogelberg, a professor of organizational science and management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
The survey, which was conducted this summer by Rogelberg, asked 632 U.S. employees from 20 industries to assess their weekly calendars and determine the average amount of time they spend in meetings, how they benefited from them, and...