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Re:If Your Laptop Is Open, You're Not Listening by vidarh on Monday May 09, 2016 @06:39AM (#11658762)
It's not always a choice. Even when it is not overtly made mandatory, it often have "political" consequences if you are seen as detaching from what happens in the team. Being physically present has significant signalling effects.
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Re:If Your Laptop Is Open, You're Not Listening by Freak_NL on Monday May 09, 2016 @06:49AM (#11658798)
"You guys can probably handle this without me. Do you need for me anything else?"

Or, if that is not acceptable due to workplace hierarchy, talk to your manager and explain the problem. If being present is a political necessity, chances are so is not secluding yourself behind a screen.

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Re:If Your Laptop Is Open, You're Not Listening by joesb on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @04:42AM (#11665891)
Telling people to "quit demanding respect" can have "political" consequencs, too.

And may be you missed the point that, like being physically present, opening laptops in the meeting also has significant signalling effects.

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