What Employees Really Do During Conference Calls

What's that chewing sound?

If you suspect your colleague on the conference call with you is doing something other than listening to the conversation, you just might be right.

Conference call company InterCall surveyed more than 500 full-time employees to get more insight into their conferencing habits. Its results showed that mobile-conferencing calls were up 23 percent from 2011 to 2012, and another 19 percent from 2012 to 2013. Last year, around 21 percent of conference calls were made thr