Do you prefer remote or office meetings?

Even tho sometimes I miss the presence of people, I must say that remote meetings are totally preferable in my case... You can do it from anywhere, you do not have to have certain manners, dressing codes, etc... It is so relieving! On the other hand - the most important feature is freedom :D Usually, meetings in at least 50% of the cases are wasting of own time that you can spend more productively. Remote meetings definitely allow you to use your time better even during calls. Even in simple ways such as ''oh let me prepare coffee while I am listening to this''. Doing something else in group meetings while listening is something widely unacceptable due to people's prejudices of not having a full focus. I must disagree, and I believe everyone knows when a full attention mode has to be totally on, and when is just enough to hear, understand and adopt knowledge... ^_^ All my likes to remote meetings! ^_^

Mostly remote however on a few occasions like when it comes to recruiting an individual, an in person meeting at the office makes more sense because remote meetings take away the ability to read non-verbal cues. Perhaps, on our part we need to reframe the conversation and concentrate on what we’re actually trying to accomplish rather than where, precisely, we’ll be sitting when we accomplish it. Of course, this is today’s scenario. The rise of Metaverse might just change things beyond our wildest expectations.

I think WFH has made us lazy and the productivity of the work goes down, depending on the location your WFH office is located.

The answer kinda depends, but as far my opinion, people in office meetings are more interactive, engaged, and kinda try to give their best in office meetings. Also, there are many Pros of online meetings. But in online video conferencing some people takes it very lightly. and just join to be the part of meeting, that's soo wired, and sometimes connection issues kills. Finally, online meetings can never Replace office meetings.

After WFH for 2 years, I start to miss office 🙁

Yes because you can eat, walk yawn(sometimes sleep), dance in the middle of the meeting and without anyone seeing/judging you 😂😂😅. Also there are less conflicts. Which one do you prefer?

I find that video meetings are more efficient, most of the time. We keep them as short as possible with a focus on the most important points. Especially weekly meetings. For major strategic and team decisions, office meetings are important and more convenient, due to energy between people in live, but they can be also done in remote without a problem.

Office as it's more interactive, my whole team is more engaged and everyone openly shares their ideas, much better than via Google Meet

If it complex decision - in the office. If it's a short meeting or an easy decision - then absolutely by video

I try to avoid meetings all together - but when I have them, if they are introduction meetings, remote works for me. But for strategy and brainstorming sessions, nothing can beat in person. So, all in all - hybrid.