> Tired of awkward silences at the beginning of your remote meetings? Bored of the forced small talk about other participant’s virtual backgrounds?<p>This is a symptom of a few things
1) Meetings not starting on time causing dead space of time where there is an implicit hierarchy of power & games -- those who arrive latest w/o getting a negative consequence have the power, those who arrive latest "win" by wasting the least amount of their time<p>2) People feeling like coworkers == friends . This is a current axiomatic cultural thing in the US, but has proven toxic/abusive (would you fire your friends, should you promote the highest performer, or your friend?) ...<p>Author is probably a really nice person, but this is bad advice.