The irony is not lost on us.

Zoom, the videoconferencing platform that profited substantially from remote work during the pandemic, is now asking employees to return to the office. Its CEO, Eric Yuan, claims Zoom meetings don’t let people build trust or be innovative.

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Yuan explained that trust is essential “for everything,” and he finds it hard to build not only that but also innovation and debates over Zoom.

“Quite often, you come up with great ideas, but when we are all on Zoom, it’s really hard,” Yuan said, according to Insider. “We cannot have a great conversation. We cannot debate each other well because everyone tends to be very friendly when you join a Zoom call.”

    • 0110010001100010
      20•10 months ago

      Him and his buddies must have large investments in commercial real estate. I can’t possible think of another reason why he would willingly tank the company. Make as many short-term gains as possible then bail.

      • snooggums
        23•10 months ago

        Her, personally, cannot handle remote communication methods and is projecting his inability onto everyone else. People that make it to CEO if large companies are used to in person communication without any possible recording of their behavior as they berate coworkers.

        He is complaining about everyone being nice on zoom. He wants to not be nice.

      • @intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
        -11•10 months ago

        This isn’t going to rank the company. It’s going to improve the company’s karma. Detatching from the least valuable use cases for your product is a good move because nothing fuels performance better than meaning, and customers who truly benefit from your product are a source of meaning, hence morale, hence attracting the best candidates, etc.

        He’s exhibiting a trait known as ”honor” here, and it’s a successful strategy.

    • @intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
      -17•10 months ago

      This isn’t against his business. This is against his business getting deeply enmeshed with a bunch of ineffective organizations.

      A company has health just like a body has health. A healthy company will succeed long term, and selling to customers who either don’t need or are harmed by your product is a recipe for a sick company.