Teleconferencing is a pale imitation of in-the-flesh meetings: researchers at Harvard Business School, for example, concluded that " virtual water coolers" -rolled out by many companies during the pandemic-often encroached on crowded schedules with limited benefits.

远程会议要远逊于面对面会议：例如，哈佛商学院的研究人员得出结论，许多公司在疫情期间推出的“虚拟饮水机谈话”经常会侵占忙碌的工作时间，带来的好处也并不多。