[willio58]

Like Parag notes in the letter, a hybrid work environment is hard. Harder than just remote or just in person. The note about remote zoom meetings where some people are in a conference room rings true for me in my company. It's hard to feel as present when half of the team is together having side conversations at the table and you're just on the screen looking like a doofus.

[loudtieblahblah]

I'd rather look like a doofus and still be at home.

[downrightmike]

On the office people to cut the side chat and pull their team members in, otherwise the dofusses are in the office.

[closeparen]

This sentiment is reminiscent of those sci-fi dystopia stories where to make everyone equal, the strong are constantly chained to heavy weights.

Would you support office noise being pumped into your home, to erase your unfair advantages around focus?

[downrightmike]

If you don't want your team members to participate, just don't invite them to the meeting. I get what you're saying, but you also need to understand that people do things and don't catch themselves. Like men talking over women in meetings. Do the ladies just need to let the big strong men pull those heavy weights? Or do the men let everyone participate. People in general need to let space fill itself and give others room to speak.