8/6/2023 0 Comments Conference call cell phones“Part of the problem comes from too many meetings,” he says. The issue underlying all of this data is that the way we conduct conference calls may not be working particularly well.įor Rob Bellmar, InterCall’s Executive Vice President of Conferencing and Collaboration, the problem is largely about how technology has changed the way we communicate, and thus, the values we attach to it. Part of the reason all of this is possible, aside from mobile technology, is the magical mute function - InterCall found that 80% of people surveyed are more likely to mute themselves when using a mobile device rather than landline: “Chasing my dog down the street because she got out of the house”.“The beach…it was a video call so I kept my tablet up so that my bikini didn’t show”.“The closet of a friend’s house during a party”.“Behind a church during a wedding rehearsal”.“Outside while grilling and getting a tan”.“In the middle of the woods during a hiking trip”.This segues nicely into the obligatory “some of the stranger places respondents admitted to being while also on the line with their coworkers” section of the survey’s findings: For example, almost 40% of respondents said they’ve dropped off a call without announcing they’ve done so in order to pretend they stayed on 27% reported having fallen asleep on at least one occasion and 13% say they’ve been “outed” for taking a call in a place other than where they claimed. Aside from the convenience, people often find conference calls to be an opportune time to do many, many other things:Īnd aside from these relatively banal activities (though I might put “go to the restroom” in its own unpleasant category), there are some other, slightly more egregious ones. InterCall surveyed 530 Americans to identify some of these activities, 64% of whom said they prefer using a cell phone over a regular old ringer.Īnd it’s no wonder why. While this may not be especially surprising - most of your colleagues probably have an iPhone or other such device - the things people do while on conference calls are, well, illuminating. employees would rather do just about anything rather than listen intently to their coworkers from a remote location.Īccording to InterCall, the world’s largest conference call company - it’s used by 85% of Fortune 100 firms - the percentage of people using mobile phones to dial into conference calls has been rising steadily over the past three years, from 19.4% of all calls in 2011 to 21.2% in 2013. If you’re reading this while on a conference call - perhaps even in the loo - you’re not alone.
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