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Research highlights a growing breakdown in meeting effectiveness as organizations struggle with basic technology for hybrid collaboration
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LOWELL, Mass., June 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Jabra, a global leader in professional audio and video solutions, today released its Cost of Bad Meetings Report. This examines the hidden costs of modern workplace meetings, revealing that unnecessary meetings, technology failures, and unclear outcomes are costing companies millions in lost productivity every year, with large enterprises potentially losing as much as $130 million annually.
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“We’ve treated bad meetings as an irritation, not a financial risk,” commented Holger Reisinger, Senior Vice President Jabra Enterprise Video Business Unit. “If your people are dreading meetings, you’re already paying the price. It’s a clear signal that organizations need to re-envision their meeting culture, supported by technology that lets everyone be clearly seen and heard.”
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The Cost Doesn’t End with the Meeting
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The findings show that the true cost of meetings is often realized after they end, with inefficiencies driving repeated conversations and additional work that extends beyond the original meeting time.
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- More than half of meeting time (58%) is seen as unnecessary throughout the working week, equivalent to a full working month of lost productivity per employee each year.
- Nearly six in 10 meetings require follow-up discussions or additional work to clarify decisions and next steps.
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The impact extends well beyond the meeting itself, compounding through lost time, duplicated effort, and repeated coordination across teams. Jabra describes this as “meeting debt,” where unresolved outcomes and ineffective collaboration drive ongoing work and repeated alignment long after the meeting ends.
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Technology Challenges Continue to Undermine Hybrid Collaboration
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Technology remains a major barrier to hybrid collaboration, impacting both meeting quality and participation.
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- In fact, three in four experience at least one technical issue, including difficulty hearing or seeing others clearly, costing nearly 11 minutes per hybrid meeting, adding up to three working days of lost productivity per employee each year.
- Around half of remote participants report feeling forgotten, talked over, or excluded in hybrid meetings.
- 59% of women report feeling excluded from side conversations when participating remotely.
The findings indicate that while meeting culture plays an important role in inclusion, inadequate technology can significantly amplify existing challenges around participation and visibility.
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Meeting Fatigue is Reaching a Breaking Point
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Meeting fatigue remains a persistent challenge across organizations, with rising meeting volumes contributing to declining engagement and focus.
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- A shockingly high 87% of employees report a level of “meeting dread.”
- What’s more, nearly half (42%) of workers reach their energy limit within two hours of back-to-back meetings – suggesting longer stretches become unproductive.
- Even more critical, 83% reach that limit within four hours.
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