You don’t only multi-task when on conference calls; coffee or tea?
Monday, August 20th, 2012 Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor
Our newest Mobile Workforce Report is out Wednesday and we ask what mobile workers do while remote on a conference call.
For the obvious, most people do email. That’s consistent worldwide, followed by “completing another work task.” And the third most common? Making yourself a cup of coffee or tea.
As mobile workers, we embrace our flexibility with the ability to get more done. However, this productivity means we are often balancing multiple tasks or workshifting to fit more in.
Granted that almost 17% of you never multi-task and I appreciate those kinds of colleagues when I’m leading the call. Here are a few more responses:
- Telling your kids to be quiet: 9%
- Making other phone calls: 4%
- Driving: 19%
- Cycling: 0.5%
For those of you that filled in “Other”, here’s what you have to say:
- Knit
- Chat
- Fill out surveys
- Exercise
- Pay bills
- Research the conference topic
- or “anything so not to fall into a coma on long calls”
Thanks for taking the time to fill out our survey. Come back tomorrow and see the results on data roaming, mobile work flexibility, and the BYOD vs. security debate.
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Tags: mobile employee, mobile workforce, Reports
