Meetings can be a challenging but critical opportunity for collaboration on remote and hybrid teams, so we were curious to investigate how many meetings do workers usually have per week and whether those numbers would differ for remote and on-site workers.

The survey from OWLLabs revealed that remote workers attend more meetings each week than on-site workers. 14% of remote workers are dedicating time to more than 10 meetings per week (vs. only 3% of on-site workers). On-site workers are spending 11% more time in 0-10 meetings per week, and remote workers are spending 11% more time in 11+ meetings per week.

Clear and open communication is critical for productive remote work, especially on hybrid teams, and it seems that remote workers are spending more time at work communicating with their colleagues, perhaps because they’re working remotely.

OWLLabs also analyzed how meeting schedules differ across different salary bands and job levels to learn if senior leaders or higher-paid individuals need to spend more time in meetings than other groups.