It's Not Just You: Virtual Meetings Aren't All That Great [nytimes.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 4/15/201:00 PM

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta, The New York Times, April 14, 2020

Last week, Mita Mallick tried to share an opinion during an online meeting but her voice was drowned out.

“I’m interrupted, like, three times and then I try to speak again and then two other people are speaking at the same time interrupting each other,” said Mallick, head of diversity and inclusion at the consumer goods company Unilever.

When she finally did get a word in, she couldn’t gauge anyone’s response. She cracked a joke and couldn’t determine if anyone was laughing. She couldn’t tell if anyone agreed with the points she was trying to make. She just saw blank stares.

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