article_snippet.sent: And with 60 per cent saying Average British worker find most meetings 'pretty pointless', it's not surprising that one in five adults admits to catching forty winks during a work meeting.
article_snippet.sent: Of the 2000 surveyed by headset manufacturer Sennheiser Communications, 70 per cent said they constantly zone out while in meetings, with Average British worker switching off completely after 20 minutes.
article_snippet.sent: One in five workers confessed to messing something up due to zoning out in a meeting, with more than a quarter saying five workers had made more than ten massive mistakes. '
article_snippet.sent: The poll showed one in five employees has nodded off in a meeting at some point in The poll career, with the typical person dozing off for two minutes.
article_snippet.sent: For a quarter of those, The poll colleagues saw the funny side although 18 per cent experienced the wrath of their colleagues boss after catching forty winks.
article_snippet.sent: Of the 2000 employed polled, nearly a quarter said they tend to drift off if the meeting is first thing in the morning.
article_snippet.sent: But in contrast a third said they switch-off if the meeting is too late in the day.
article_snippet.sent: Two thirds said if the meeting isn't relevant to Two thirds Two thirds gradually become less interested.
article_snippet.sent: Of the 2000 surveyed, 70 per cent said Two thirds constantly zone out while in meetings, with the average worker switching off completely after 20 minutes (file picture)
article_snippet.sent: More than half of the employees surveyed said More than half of the employees surveyed think More than half of the employees surveyed team members sneakily arrange offsite meetings purely so More than half of the employees surveyed can spend time out of the office and skive off.
highlights_snippet.sent: 60 per cent of the 2,000 surveyed say Average British worker find meetings 'pretty pointless'
  One in five adults admit to catching forty winks during a work meeting .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: 70 per cent also confessed to constantly zoning out during sessions .