(Daniel Bardsley/ The National News) — When the coronavirus hit, one of the biggest upheavals was swapping office life for home-working.
But rather than the dream scenario some expected, it has brought new stresses and strains.
Back-to-back online meetings create feelings of exhaustion called “Zoom fatigue”. And although one could write such afflictions off as first-world problems, understanding how hundreds of millions of us can work productively is crucial.
One recent study even claimed this is a bigger problem for women, 13.8 per cent of whom said Zoom calls made them feel “very to extremely fatigued”, compared to 5.5 per cent of men. (…)