Title: I work in an office environment (large Bay Area corporate enterprise software co) where people are constantly cutting each other off in conversations and technical discussions. For people that are a more soft-spoken, it is almost impossible to get a word in - nevermind getting a full thought-process in. This has negative implications on work discussions as the loudest people who are usually dominating the conversations, from my observation, are usually not the brightest.<p>I am not someone who tolerates getting cut-off easily but it is frustrating and it takes a lot of energy for me to drive the conversation back on track and say what I want to say. This is something that I never had to deal in previous work environments prior to moving to the Bay Area so I&#x27;m inclined to think it&#x27;s something specific to this area. Recently, I have moved to a team in my company where it is almost damn near impossible to have my thoughts heard and in some cases, I just shut myself off from discussions to save my energy. It&#x27;s starting to affect my work life and my daily mood because in a lot of cases I just don&#x27;t have the energy to reject and explain why we shouldn&#x27;t be doing X, Y, or Z.<p>Is this a common thing in workplaces? I would be interested in hearing if people have been in this situation and how they&#x27;ve dealt with it if so.
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