Never has camera on in zooms.

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Why join a meeting if camera off and you are not talking. Just say no

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Anonymous wrote:I absolutely hate cameras on. I miss when we did calls instead of zooms. I do turn my camera on when I am talking, but otherwise I keep it off.

I am paying attention, unless the meeting is stupid and I shouldn’t actually have been included.

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Anonymous wrote:What's the culture? My office is camera on for smaller meetings (around 10 or less people) and only turn your camera on if you're speaking in a large office wide meeting (around 50 people). So it would be odd and unusual for someone to have camera off on a regular basis. I would assume they are not paying attention or not in an appropriate location.

Same. On for small meetings, off for big ones unless you’re speaking.

We do the same at my company. Most smaller meetings are camera on, large ones usually just the speakers keep them on.

I really don’t care either way but I would rather wfh and have to have the camera on for meetings than come into the office.

For companies that expect “cameras on” for smaller meetings, what’s the rationale?

Quick unscheduled slack call, no, but a scheduled meeting? The same reason we’d likely make eye contact if speaking over a desk. In a big auditorium, not so much.

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What is this, 3rd grade? Who cares if I “pay attention”?? Mind your own business and do your work, and I’ll worry about mine. I’m not obligated to “pay attention” to you. And I’m certainly not obligated to show you my face on video.

Ironic that most of the people who were obsessed with masks are the same people now obsessed with seeing my face.

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Anyone feel like a vocal minority is championing this thread? I love the occasional audio only call, but video chat feels like the bargain we made for WFH 3-4 days per week.

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Anonymous wrote:An article out today that one of the biggest reasons management wants workers back in office is because it is difficult to monitor employees. For all the people who do really well WFH, many take advantage of it. And it's those who take advantage that who makes it harder for those of us who do well at home to keep that advantage.

I turn camera on regularly (not always) so people see me and see that I am "at work".

Eh - more like managers need to justify their own paychecks if they’re the type to spend all their time (micro) “managing” employees…

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Anonymous wrote:As a manager, I set expectations of when I want cameras on. Important external meeting? Your cameras need to be on. One on one meeting with me or other coworkers? No need to turn it on. I do expect that the camera is on for our weekly staff meeting. My staff is small and it's part of getting to know each other.

I've found that dysfunctional places generally are cameras off kinds of places.

Then allow your employees unrestricted access to their office. Oh, what's that? Corporate says that's not allowed? Then I guess I'm having hardware issues IT can't seem to figure out.

you seem unhinged. It's not April 2020

This person complains in every thread that their workforce is required to be remote. It is a bit unhinged.

Not all of us are sociopaths who hate people.

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As a manger at a financial regulator, I do daily morning “inspections” every workday at 9 am sharp. Each member of my team must have cameras on and be presentable and be prepared to tell me their plan for the day.

That’s how I roll.

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Anonymous wrote:As a manager, I set expectations of when I want cameras on. Important external meeting? Your cameras need to be on. One on one meeting with me or other coworkers? No need to turn it on. I do expect that the camera is on for our weekly staff meeting. My staff is small and it's part of getting to know each other.

I've found that dysfunctional places generally are cameras off kinds of places.

Curious. What kind of research have you done or experience do you have outside of your own “place” that led you to this conclusion?

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Anonymous wrote:As a manager, I set expectations of when I want cameras on. Important external meeting? Your cameras need to be on. One on one meeting with me or other coworkers? No need to turn it on. I do expect that the camera is on for our weekly staff meeting. My staff is small and it's part of getting to know each other.

I've found that dysfunctional places generally are cameras off kinds of places.

Then allow your employees unrestricted access to their office. Oh, what's that? Corporate says that's not allowed? Then I guess I'm having hardware issues IT can't seem to figure out.

you seem unhinged. It's not April 2020

This person complains in every thread that their workforce is required to be remote. It is a bit unhinged.

Not all of us are sociopaths who hate people.

And not all of us need our workplace to have interaction with other people.

[Anonymous]

Rude, especially if the person running the meeting has theirs on. I hate it. Show your face!

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Anonymous wrote:As a manager, I set expectations of when I want cameras on. Important external meeting? Your cameras need to be on. One on one meeting with me or other coworkers? No need to turn it on. I do expect that the camera is on for our weekly staff meeting. My staff is small and it's part of getting to know each other.

I've found that dysfunctional places generally are cameras off kinds of places.

Then allow your employees unrestricted access to their office. Oh, what's that? Corporate says that's not allowed? Then I guess I'm having hardware issues IT can't seem to figure out.

you seem unhinged. It's not April 2020

This person complains in every thread that their workforce is required to be remote. It is a bit unhinged.

Not all of us are sociopaths who hate people.

And not all of us need our workplace to have interaction with other people.

Great. Some of us do. Have some effing compassion for people being dragged to the worst spots in the world by their spouse.

(And by the way, if you were working normal hours, you WOULD need your workplace to have interaction with others.)

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Anonymous wrote:Rude, especially if the person running the meeting has theirs on. I hate it. Show your face!

Nope.

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Anonymous wrote:As a manager, I set expectations of when I want cameras on. Important external meeting? Your cameras need to be on. One on one meeting with me or other coworkers? No need to turn it on. I do expect that the camera is on for our weekly staff meeting. My staff is small and it's part of getting to know each other.

I've found that dysfunctional places generally are cameras off kinds of places.

Then allow your employees unrestricted access to their office. Oh, what's that? Corporate says that's not allowed? Then I guess I'm having hardware issues IT can't seem to figure out.

you seem unhinged. It's not April 2020

This person complains in every thread that their workforce is required to be remote. It is a bit unhinged.

Not all of us are sociopaths who hate people.

And not all of us need our workplace to have interaction with other people.

Great. Some of us do. Have some effing compassion for people being dragged to the worst spots in the world by their spouse.

(And by the way, if you were working normal hours, you WOULD need your workplace to have interaction with others.)

Sounds like a marital problem, not your employer’s problem.

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It depends - if the meeting would qualify as a phone call pre-pandemic, it really annoys me to put my camera on.

Thankfully our culture is not cameras one -typically because we are screen sharing. Personally I find it odd when one person turns their camera on and everyone else has there’s off. Comes across as oddly passive aggressive.