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.”
Man that is pure class right there. I’m glad to see this. Someone who takes pride in their offering to the world, and only wants to see it used well.
I’ve discovered, in my first sales job, that it feels extremely good to put the customer’s needs first. I occasionally refer my customers to my competitor’s operation, when they’ve got the better deals.
It seems to work out well for me too. Nothing’s better than realizing you can be nice and succeed at the same time.
Take what he’s saying to its logical conclusion and zoom usage will go back to pre pandemic level and the company will crash even lower than it’s already did because its stock is back to pre pandemic price but with a whole lot more users.