{"id":2386,"date":"2022-06-15T11:25:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T11:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ovavirtual.com\/?p=2386"},"modified":"2023-07-17T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T12:36:28","slug":"zoom-fatigue-what-is-it-and-how-to-avoid-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ovavirtual.com\/zoom-fatigue-what-is-it-and-how-to-avoid-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom Fatigue: What is it, and How to Avoid it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Work is tiring, there’s no doubt about that, but many people find that they’re more tired than usual. Among these are office workers who were forced to work remotely and rookie freelancers and virtual assistants. Because many businesses have hired and will likely continue to hire a virtual assistant<\/a> or freelancer to supplement their workforce, more people will find that they\u2019re experiencing something called \u201cZoom fatigue.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Psychiatric Times<\/a>, Zoom fatigue is \u201cthe tiredness, worry, or burnout associated with\u00a0overusing\u00a0virtual platforms of communication.\u201d Work from home formats will require employees to use virtual communication platforms more than usual as they talk to clients and coworkers in meetings.<\/p>\n

Remote workers will find that continuously talking through video calls is exhausting and draining, and it’s easy to suffer from not only work-from-home burnout but also Zoom-based burnout.<\/p>\n

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Difference Between Regular Burnout and Zoom Fatigue<\/h2>\n

Project managers can easily get burnt out with their regular workload since they’re more involved in communication, which usually accounts for about 80% of their workload<\/a>. Regular office workers forced to use Zoom more often had a harder time than those already used to it.<\/p>\n

Also, it\u2019s difficult to determine whether someone is suffering from regular burnout or Zoom fatigue. A Stanford University research paper<\/a> identifies five categories of fatigue that can be associated with Zoom fatigue.<\/p>\n