‍Remote Work: How To Reduce Zoom Meeting Burnout 2023

In a remote work setup, constant Zoom meetings took a toll on all of the remote employees which led them being burnout, especially without etiquette guidelines. 

In an overall sense, burnout can lead to a decrease in productivity and motivation that can affect one's mental and physical health. For example, the prime minister of New Zealand has resigned, attributing burnout as a significant reason for stepping down, according to BBC news.

In this article, you will know how can remote workers avoid burnout and how companies should respond to this problem.

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How Employees Reduce Burnout In Remote Work Setup

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Hustle culture was deeply inculcated in the minds of workers especially in the US; working non-stop in a city that never sleeps to satisfy its own goals in life. And when Covid-19 happened, this culture was augmented even more as more remote work opportunities popped out.

Yet, the body never lies to its owner.

As remote work meetings with the use of collaboration tools like all-in-one video conference equipment and collaboration software like Zoom and Teams became non-stop, remote workers started to lose their motivation and just thought of more off-screen time.

Here are the ways how employees can reduce burnout in remote work setup:

• Create clear boundaries between work and personal life. Find balance as they say.
• Take regular breaks and vacations.
• Take mental health days 
• Be aware of when it's time to take a break.
• Set reminders to take breaks on your computer.
• Disconnect from work when you're not working.
• Seek support and don't suffer in silence.
• Avoid immediately starting work when you wake up.
• Disable work notifications after work or on a vacation

How Companies Prevent Burnout In A Remote Work Setup To Happen?

Eliminate unnecessary meetings during work hours

The first thing that businesses need to do is to cut out or eliminate unnecessary Zoom meetings where you can just discuss all at once in one or two meetings in a month. 

For example, Shopify is changing its meeting strategy to prevent them from overlapping with employees' daily schedules and leading to extra work hours. This will involve eliminating recurring meetings with more than two attendees, prohibiting meetings on Wednesdays, and decreasing large group meetings and chats.

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Update your meeting guidelines

If you haven’t changed your regular meetings every week, then this is the time that you change them and reduce them to one or two regular meetings in a month.

With this, you can save everyone’s time by doing something more meaningful that can contribute to your company’s goals and objectives.

Make sure that everyone in your company is updated with these new guidelines. You can do these using high-tech collaboration and communication tools like Coolpo AI Huddle Pana, Coolpo AI Huddle Mini, and Coolpo AI Huddle Mini Lite.

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• Supports 1080p video conference solutions
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Encourage Time Off

Time off can help increase worker productivity in the long run. You as a manager should encourage taking time off among your employees and ensure that they feel comfortable doing so.

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Promote and support voluntary mental health evaluations

In any kind of workplace - hybrid or remote work setup, you should encourage and lead the way to inform your employees that taking mental health sessions is not a problem at all. 

You need to show your support to them by allocating certain days to do it without any deductions from their salary and it must be part of your new remote work policy as well.

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Conclusion

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In conclusion, the rise of remote work and the constant use of collaboration tools like Zoom have led to burnout among employees. Nevertheless, there are various measures that can be taken to prevent burnout and boost productivity in remote and hybrid work settings - Workers can establish a clear distinction between work and personal life, take periodic breaks, and seek assistance when required. 

Similarly, businesses can eliminate unnecessary meetings, modify meeting protocols, and endorse time off, as well as employ advanced communication and collaboration tools such as Coolpo AI Huddle Pana to enhance remote work meetings. 

Moreover, supporting mental health assessments can aid workers in dealing with the difficulties of remote work. By implementing these strategies, businesses can build a more accommodating and effective remote and hybrid work environment.

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