I participated in a closed round-table discussion of leaders from various companies about how to help remote employees be engaged, especially when they're often not set up well for being remote and/or wouldn't choose a remote role (i.e. remote due to pandemic)

Great idea. The level of disconnect from reality among leaders would be hilarious if it weren't likely negatively impact your team

This is a rant thread (remaining posts will be CW as a result)

Half the things people brought up as suggestions were aimed to "recreate the office environment". But they recreate the absolute worst aspects of working in an office

Examples:

Have a shared Zoom meeting that everyone is in whenever they aren't on another meeting, so that people are easy to interrupt/ask a question (have y'all not heard of Slack?!);
Have a "day start" Zoom. Is it like a daily standup? NO! It's so people can see when you come in, just like in an office! I guess no one needs flexibility in their work, and peer surveillance is a goal!