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[quote=Anonymous]I basically agree with this (bedrooms in Zoom calls are tacky), but I broke my own rules when I was forced to work at home during COVID.   I live in a one-bedroom apartment, and the only reasonable location for my desk has been my bedroom.  This was never a problem when I was not actually doing real work there, but I really had no other place to move that desk at the time.  The bed location was also fixed, due to the location of room and closet doors and electric baseboard heaters.

Since I had no way to re-locate either the desk or the bed, I was pretty much stuck.  I mostly didn't use my camera, but, at the times when I did, I apologized for the bed, which was always made and reasonably neat.  I figured that, since I never signed up to work at home, it was reasonable to expect to be given some leeway for less-than-ideal working conditions.  Everyone seemed to understand, and I even did a job interview with this setup (and got the job).

I personally hate virtual backgrounds--they look tacky, and also make it look like the user is hiding something (which I wasn't).  I would prefer a realistic-but-not-ideal background over that.

But, yes, beds are tacky and somewhat invasive in Zoom calls for anyone who intentionally signed up to work at home.  A professional-looking background is important for such a position if cameras are going to be used.[/quote]

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