In a recent study into the global hybrid working environment, EPOS discovered that end users (that is, employees) spend an average of seven hours per week in virtual meetings – an increase of two hours per week since 2020. This has impacted workers in many ways, with 63% of employees saying they regularly experience issues due to poor sound quality on calls, over a quarter (26%) saying they have been frustrated, irritated, or annoyed by ‘unnatural audio’ and over half (56%) believing that good audio will prevent moments of stress at work.
Director of Technology at EPOS, Torben Christiansen, says that these findings have informed the basis of the company’s product development strategy. Knowing that audio plays a pivotal role in the hybrid working environment, he adds that business leaders must consider the role of audio technology to ensure their employees’ wellbeing and productivity at work. “As much of the world begins to return to physical or hybrid workspaces, ensuring that audio and video technology is easy to set up and use is now a matter of workplace hygiene. IT and C-suite managers are often inundated with tech-related issues in hybrid meetings, causing stress and time wasted. Beyond this, we need to ensure that workers are equipped with the resources necessary to reduce cognitive overload when sitting in hours of these meetings a day. This is why our Meeting Room Solutions are a key differentiator for EPOS, providing users and businesses with products that improve brain performance while still being easy to use, reliable and crafted to last,” adds Torben Christiansen.
