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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it just mind boggling that people here think they are entitled to work from home AND not be on camera. If my boss has her camera on, mine is also on. [/quote]

Ditto. I am part of a team of 13. We have a monthly Zoom meeting led by the head of our department who is in a different building. It would be unheard of for someone to turn their camera off. (And I say this as an introverted socially anxious millennial.) We are all full time in office- I have never worked remotely, even during Covid (well, as of this past January, we get two remote days a month.), and it is bizarre to image a work culture like this. If everyone turned their cameras off, I'm sure I would too - then I could surf the internet or fold some laundry while I stayed on the call. I get why employees like it. But it is so disrespectful and unprofessional, and it cannot be healthy for society to be isolated like this from each other.[/quote]

I have no problem turning my camera on and I do so about 50 percent of the time. If I’m presenting or a key participant in discussion, I always have it on. I do not have it on for things where I am more of a fringe participant or listener.

That said, I have worked from home since 2012 and so spent a lot of time working from home before videoconferencing was the norm. W e just used landline phones/conference calls back then. And we got serious work done. I had some coworkers I was very friendly with and close to, who lived across the country, whose face I never saw once in 5+ years! Sounds crazy but was totally normal then. So, from my perspective I am unbothered when people don’t want to use video because I know that collaboration works fine either way as long as the conditions are right for it in terms of the prep and meeting objectives.[/quote]

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