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Haha. Just last week I posted in the intranet about exactly this. The response was telling. Pandemic bad, so cut those poor parents with screaming kids some sla
by fuzzy2 6y ago
Haha. Just last week I posted in the intranet about exactly this. The response was telling. Pandemic bad, so cut those poor parents with screaming kids some slack. You cannot understand me because the birds outside are too loud? Please tell me :). I think we should all just communicate. Blah blah.
Everyone has decent company-issued headsets. If the company policy is to waste time in meetings, so be it. I get paid either way.
I think smalltalk is fine until everyone has finally arrived though.
- ethbr0 6y agoMute is the problem. Or ignorance of it. Part of this is because most meeting software (Webex, Zoom, etc) deprioritizes it. The single most important 2 functions of any meeting software should be: (1) Am I currently muted? (2) Can I toggle my mute status? This used to be solved by a devices called an LED, coupled with a button, back when we had physical phones. Thankfully, we've moved on to more effective solutions. /s
- closeparen 6y agoZoom is usually acceptable with a single presenter and everyone else muted. The problem is that a true conversation requires several speakers unmuted and sometimes exchanging turns very quickly, with overlap.
- fuzzy2 6y agoMuting doesn’t help if the person with background noise has to talk, unfortunately. I believe that most of the time, background noise can be avoided. Using good microphones, separate rooms, RTX Voice, …