Picture this: It’s pre-pandemic and you’re sitting in a work meeting. You’ve diligently prepared your notes and you’re excited to present your ideas. Instead, you spend the entire meeting trying — and failing — to get a word in.
Fast forward to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of staring at your coworkers from across a conference room table, you’re at home speaking to them via video. But it’s still the same story: When you attempt to talk, you’re cut off multiple times. Each time this happens you smile awkwardly. The discussion continues and you wonder if anyone heard you.
Unfortunately, the new realities of working from home wrought by the coronavirus pandemic haven’t yielded new, fairer standards for workplace etiquette. Read more…
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