Survey findings reveal challenges and opportunities for hybrid and remote work

As more offices continue to turn to hybrid and virtual-first models, teams are facing new challenges around issues like proximity bias and engagement during video calls, according to a Prezi survey of 1,118 enterprise workers that dug into how they’re navigating hybrid and remote working.

Here are some key findings:

• More than half of hybrid workers (66.2%) say a proximity bias exists that favors colleagues who are together in the office.

• Most meetings are hybrid or remote:

1. 47.3% say the majority of their meetings are hybrid, where at least 1 person joins remotely and 1 joins from the office.
2. 45% say the majority of their meetings are fully remote.
3. Only 7.7% reported that the majority of their meetings are fully in-person.

• Nearly 3 out of 4 respondents said staying focused and engaged is the #1 challenge to collaborating on video meetings.

• The top 3 reasons why people turn their cameras off during video meetings are:

1. Multitasking on other work-related tasks (42.2%).
2. Don’t want other attendees seeing them or their living space (28%).
3. Eating or making meals (26.7%).

• The top 4 things that would most likely put people to sleep in video meetings are:

1. The meeting is too long. 
2. Boring presentations lacking group discussion. 
3. Non-energetic speaker(s) leading the meeting. 
4. No on-screen visuals or on-screen content to follow.

• 85% of workers said it’s important to have their brand’s logos, fonts, and color represented in external virtual meetings, while 58% of respondents said it was important for internal virtual meetings.

• The average amount of time spent preparing for a video meeting is:

1. 30 minutes – 1 hour (30.8%).
2. More than 1 hour (25.9%).
3. 15 – 30 minutes (18.7%).
4. 5 – 15 minutes (13%).
5. Less than 5 minutes (5.8%).
6. I don’t usually prepare for my video meetings (5.8%).