[gedy]

> people are distracted during meetings

It feels like he's just old and pining for days gone by - in person meetings have people staring at their laptops and phones too. I dislike that as well, but that's not a WFH issue.

[dkarl]

> in person meetings have people staring at their laptops and phones too

I've worked at a variety of places with a variety of problems, but I've never seen that kind of rudeness be widespread or persistent. It was corrected in different ways depending on the company culture, but it was corrected.

[gedy]

I guess I'm unlucky, though the companies were full of young people which might be a factor

[PeterHolzwarth]

Where I worked in the past, those people would get a private reprimand after that meeting.