Not OP, but same experience. Before COVID we had a few teams with some remote members (usually in a different timezone), and we consistently got feedback that:

Not OP, but same experience. Before COVID we had a few teams with some remote members (usually in a different timezone), and we consistently got feedback that: - they felt excluded from the discussion - it was hard for them to hear everyone (e.g. people sitting in the back of the room) - it was hard for them to speak (e.g. the delay made it) All above issues could be alleviated with some meeting etiquette, but that was challenging on its own. In our case the vast majority of teams didn't have remote members, so there wasn't much willingness to introduce company wide rules. The simple solution was to introduce a single rule. If one person is remote, everyone must be remote (join from their own laptop).