You're replying to Tobi the CEO and founder of Shopify who recently and very publically posted about 40 hour work weeks and how Shopify lives and breathes work life balance which multiple employees confirmed.
I don't know him from a bar of soap outside of what's shared publically but a cold, calculating executive is about as far from the mark as you could possibly be.
Hm, I will admit I didn't realize the particular executive I was addressing, and that Shopify is off my radar in terms of executive abuses, but CEOs are all of a class, and 40-hour work weeks are still an untenable arrangement, and the Overton window for commonly acceptable work-life balance is far, far toward the wage-slavery side of things–to say nothing of the work-life balance for millions upstream of the Shopify supply chain, e.g. computer-mineral miners in the Global South. So I am not ready to give Tobi any humanitarian awards.
In truth, I have long admired Shopify for their open culture, their tech blogs, and a product that empowers small businesses. None of these things are enough, however, to convince me that he's anything more than a wealthy Libertarian seeking (primarily) personal gain through economic exploitation, managerial coercion, and authoritarian hierarchies.
> a cold, calculating executive is about as far from the mark as you could possibly be
This is an indefensible exaggeration. You're telling me Tobi is a saint? A CEO? An absolute absurdity.
Liberals love democracy until it comes to the workplace. You disgust me.
"Presence" in terms of 1:1s should be about listening to, understanding, and empathizing with the person opposite you.
"presence" before remote working was about actively being in the room - if you've ever had a manager who checks their email in your 1:1 you've experienced someone not being "present".
Video quality in a remote 1:1 is the foundation of that presence eg how the other perseon can see that you're understanding and empathising.
