{"id":38167,"date":"2014-07-03T12:05:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T11:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopup.com\/resource-center\/\/conference-calls-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2019-03-20T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T16:05:17","slug":"conference-calls-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopup.com\/us\/resource-center\/blog\/conference-calls-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Conference Calls Less Popular than World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s unlikely to have missed your attention that there is a major international soccer tournament taking place at the moment.&nbsp; And if you suspected that productivity would be down as a result of the World Cup, then you\u2019d be right!<\/p>\n<p>In an <a title=\"Corporate America Takes World Cup Breaks\" href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/228183\/corporate-america-takes-world-cup-breaks-and-we-have-the-data-to-prove-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interesting article in Quartz<\/a> written this week, it\u2019s clear that the World Cup affected productivity in corporate America.&nbsp; Looking at data on the volume of conference calls &#8211; and using this as a proxy for productivity &#8211; they found that during the final minutes of last week\u2019s US-Germany match, conference call volume was down 11% versus the previous week.&nbsp; Throughout the match, the conference call volume showed a fairly steady decline, with a slight increase during half time &#8211; pretty clearly showing that business professionals were taking breaks to watch the match.<\/p>\n<p>Though corporate America will likely see its productivity rise again following the unfortunate defeat of the US team at the hands of Belgium, it\u2019s no news that conference calls are often disliked because of common frustrations that decrease productivity; just take this <a title=\"Multitasking on Conference Calls According to Dilbert\" href=\"https:\/\/loopup.com\/resource-center\/blog\/multitasking-conference-calls-dilbert-comic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dilbert cartoon<\/a> or the \u2018<a title=\"A Conference Call in Real Life - Video\" href=\"https:\/\/loopup.com\/resource-center\/blog\/spotlight-conference-call-real-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conference Call in Real Life\u2019 video<\/a> that recently went viral. 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