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Trello Required In-Office Staff to Join Zoom Meetings From Separate Rooms

Jay Simons · 1385 Atlassian Passes $1B ARR Run Rate, Thinking About Acquisitions of "System of Record" companies · May 10, 2019 · at 5:27

Jay Simons, President of Atlassian, describes Trello's remote-first meeting practices prior to Atlassian's acquisition.

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“They had pretty hard rules around when you joined a zoom or when you joined a meeting and there were maybe five people in a room, everybody went to five different places and joined a zoom from five different locations. And so the people that were outside of the office, We're on equal footing to the people that were”

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The claim, plainly

Trello enforced a rule requiring in-office employees to join Zoom video meetings from separate locations so remote employees remained on equal footing.

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Assessment

Direct public statements from then-Trello CEO Michael Pryor in July 2017 and official Trello/Atlassian documentation from September 2018 corroborate the claim. Trello enforced an internal policy that if any participant on a call was remote, all in-office attendees were required to join individually from their own laptops/desks rather than gathering around a single conference room screen, specifically to ensure all participants remained on equal footing.

In a July 21, 2017 interview with Dice, Trello CEO Michael Pryor stated: 'If one employee is remote, we require the rest of the team to videoconference in from their laptops, instead of from a room hooked up to a videoconference system... if everyone sits at their desk on an individual video call screen, the playing field is equal, with everyone's input on equal footing.'
On September 4, 2018, Trello's published remote communication guide instructed: 'Use Individual Cameras. If you're in a meeting in an office with a room system, don't use it, or use it only for audio. Use your laptop for video... This lets everyone see your face, and puts everyone involved on an equal footing.'

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