FEATURE : REMOTE WORKING
IT ’ S NO LONGER ENOUGH TO DELIVER THE BEST REMOTE WORKER EXPERIENCE ; EVERY BUSINESS NEEDS A SOLUTION TO DELIVER THE BEST HYBRID MEETING EXPERIENCE .
view of each individual , even if they move around or turn their heads .
Remote participants can now have face-to-face conversations with each Zoom Rooms participant , allowing in-room participants to be seen and heard .
Intelligent Director is made possible through the support of Zoom ’ s hardware partner ecosystem .
Manufacturers , including Apple , AVer , Dell , HP Poly , Intel , Logitech , and Yealink have supported Zoom with the computer , controller and camera solutions necessary to produce this major advancement .
Intelligent Director is launched as a recent Zoom and Morning Consult survey of 4,000 knowledge workers on workplace preferences shows flexible work is no longer a perk but an expectation .
According to the survey , many knowledge workers have started to view flexible work as a must-have , with some 43 % of responses saying flexible work is a basic expectation .
The results suggest that flexible hours and schedules were of utmost importance when it comes to workplace benefits , outweighing other wellestablished perks like professional development opportunities and childcare resources .
Of those surveyed in the US ., all generations showed a strong preference for flexible hours over any other workplace perk :
• 79 % of Gen Z and Younger Millennials ( under 30 ) prefer flexible hours to any other workplace perk
• 72 % of Millennials prefer flexible hours to any other workplace perk
• 69 % of Gen X prefer flexible hours to any other workplace perk
• 69 % of Boomers prefer flexible hours to any other workplace perk
To Zoom , these survey findings suggest the classic 9 – 5 model is no longer considered an effective way to work – no matter the stage of life the employee is in .
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