In an effort to balance home and work, women do not miss meetings because of other priorities any more than men. However, over half of the women say making arrangements to take care of personal responsibilities while they're away is stressful, while four of ten men had the same reaction. Men find it harder to be away. Women prefer to use the phone. Women prefer conference calls more than men do.
Preparation takes time.
Business professionals spend more than twice as much time preparing for in-person meetings as they do preparing for conference calls. We all do it, but just don't get caught. Nine of ten people have daydreamed during a meeting, and four of ten say they've doze off. Working from home means you travel more. More than half of the survey respondents telecommute, working an average of 4.6 days per month from home offices.