Do you find yourself avoiding, cancelling, or rescheduling
virtual meetings, virtual coffee or virtual team events?
Have you noticed that during the meeting you're not
present or focused, and afterwards you're incredibly tense or
tired? These are all potential signs that virtual fatigue has set
in and you're not alone. It is reported that 38% percent of
workers say they've experienced virtual fatigue since the
start of the pandemic, and anecdotal evidence would suggest that
this trend is growing.
Virtual fatigue is the feeling of exhaustion that often occurs
after attending a series of virtual meetings or other virtual
events such as webinars or training. Stanford researchers identify
four causes for virtual or ‘zoom fatigue' -
communication Professor Jeremy Bailenson examined the psychological
consequences of spending hours per day on these platforms and found
that not only is it more fatiguing seeing ourselves in real-time,
but the cognitive load placed on our
