Benefits May 10, 2007
Disorganization Tops List of Workers' Peeves about Meetings
May 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Disorganized,
rambling meetings, not tardiness, top the list of annoyances
that employees have about meetings at work, according to a
recent survey by Opinion Research USA.
Reported by Adrien Martin
According to the survey, 27% of workers surveyed say they have the least tolerance for meetings without structure, ranking it as their their No. 1 frustration, followed by people who interrupt peers and try to dominate the meeting (17%) and cell phone interruptions (16%).
Other common irritations that employees cited were as follows:
- People who fall asleep in meetings, 9%
- Meetings with no bathroom breaks, 8%
- Long meetings without refreshments, 6%
- People leaving early or arriving late, 5%
- People who check their Blackberries during meetings, 5%
- Meetings starting late, 4%
- No written recap of the meeting outcomes, 4%.
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