In my company, people prefer making calls, occupying others’ time, instead of providing instructions or tasks through emails or messages.
It’s not just audio calls. It’s those annoying video calls.
I was assigned a task during one of those lengthy calls and forgot about it. The next day, my senior left a negative comment, accusing me of trying to avoid work. He was the one who gave verbal instructions without a follow-up note. He was clearly the lazy mf.