Average UK worker sits through over 6,000 meetings during career

The average British employee will sit through 6,240 meetings in their career. The huge number consists of catch-ups, client meetings, and appraisals. Of the 2,000 workers studied six in ten described meetings as “pointless”.

The poll showed one in five had dozed off during a meeting, at an average length of two minutes. For a quarter of those struck by lethargy, their co-workers saw the funny side, but 18% experienced the ire of their boss for their comatose state.

“There is nothing worse than being sat in a meeting that doesn't really concern you,' said Charlotte Gaskin, Marketing Manager at Sennheiser Communications, who conducted the study, “So it's not surprising then that so many people zone out, nod off or doodle.”