Originally Posted by
SpringHeeledJack
.....or not fly at all due to video conferencing.
Advocates of video conferencing do not appear to understand time-zones.
Video conferencing is fine for one-to-one meetings, when you are in (approx) the same time-zones.
But the window for UK to Japan, UK to Australia or even UK to West Coast US are narrow...
Now, try and schedule a three way meeting with participants in California (GMT-7), London (GMT+1) and Tokyo (GMT+9). I'm having to cope with 5am and 10pm meetings
Often in the same day, and on back-to-back days. Frankly it is messing with the last vestiges of my sanity!
Also, it is not really viable to be on an online meeting for more than a couple of hours, and multiway conversations are not practical.
Sure, Zoom/WebEx/Teams/Skype have a place, but face-to-face is more effective.