Zoom Meetings for improved global team collaboration
Updated May 06, 2019
Zoom Meetings for improved global team collaboration
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Zoom Video Webinar
We use Zoom meetings for all individual, team, and company-wide meetings that require bringing together employees, customers, vendors, etc. in different locations. I use Zoom daily as one of the many remote employees. All employees across the various countries in which we operate use Zoom, it is the recommended form of communication by our employer for all calls when possible.
- High-quality sound and video.
- Great mobile app for dialing in for video and or audio calls as needed.
- Chat feature for larger scale calls to help manage questions and reducing talking over each other.
- Individuals cannot turn on the feature to mute audio or video upon meeting entry, only the meeting organizer can change these settings.
- We have had issues with larger meetings in which some participants are unable to enter, no resolution for the issue right now.
- The sound in rooms can sometimes default to a high volume regardless of the volume left from the previous call.
- Definitely has saved on long distance and international calling charges we previously incurred.
- Improved collaboration due to the more personal setting the video conferencing provides.
- Ability to interview candidates in other locations and not flying into headquarters until later rounds of the interview process has saved the company on travel expenses.
We used BlueJeans for years and Zoom offered a better corporate pricing and support model in addition to addressing a few issues we had with BlueJeans in regards to the larger scale and private, confidential events that need to be held virtually. Overall, Zoom was able to fulfill the needs of a rapidly growing global corporation looking to keep employees all around the world as connected as possible.
Zoom Events & Webinars Feature Ratings
Using Zoom Video Webinar
1200 - Sales, marketing, finance, legal, IT, support, FP&A, etc.
5 - IT department helps with setup of Zoom webinars, etc. as needed for larger scale company wide events or events that will have outside parties logging in.
- town halls
- special events
- daily team meetings
- remote staff communication
- live stream of large scale company events that not all employees can attend in person
- Remote led training sessions
- daily team meetings
- use within our platform as a support tool for video chat
Evaluating Zoom Video Webinar and Competitors
Yes - BlueJeans, needed more robust and reliable system to handle large scale events as well as day to day meeting needs.
Using Zoom Video Webinar
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- adding a meeting login to Google Calendar
- recording sessions
- sharing screens
- chat function during calls
- figuring out how to turn off auto video and audio upon meeting entry
- some settings were hard to locate to change
Yes - great, I use it on the go all the time. Easy to dial in because the system keys the access code for you so you can be hands free while driving but you can also use video on mobile if desired.