Anonymous wrote:I do camera on unless it's a huge listen only meeting or last minute and I don't feel camera ready. On those rare occasions I try to speak up a bit more so they know I'm paying attention.

+1. Seeing each other's faces matters especially in a remote environment, IMO. People aren't disembodied voices and it helps build relationships with each other as people.

Anonymous wrote:When I pass by my housemate’s office - he never has camera on but I see a screen of heads.

I do hear him talking - but but never camera on.

So I do wonder if others think, but it’s not my business obviously. Just curious if he was shooting self on foot.

Anonymous wrote:Our culture is generally cameras off. I think cameras-on people are kind of aggressive and attention seeking.

+100

When I pass by my housemate’s office - he never has camera on but I see a screen of heads.

I do hear him talking - but but never camera on.

Our culture is generally cameras off. I think cameras-on people are kind of aggressive and attention seeking.

I do camera on unless it's a huge listen only meeting or last minute and I don't feel camera ready. On those rare occasions I try to speak up a bit more so they know I'm paying attention.

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".

Anonymous wrote:If you want to see me, let me in the office. Otherwise, you get a black screen.

exactly this.

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.

I've been WFH since March 2020. Never used a camera on Teams/Zoom/WebEx. Just audio. I absolutely hate camera.

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.

I assume they have bad internet or have some kind of social anxiety that prevents them from being on camera.
I’ll judge based on whether you are actively participating in the meeting- if you are, I don’t care if your camera is off.
If you don’t say a word and your camera is off, or when someone calls on you and you have no idea what’s being discussed, well…

If you want to see me, let me in the office. Otherwise, you get a black screen.

That they are doing something else and not paying attention. If it's my meeting, cameras on for everyone.

What is your impression/assumption of a person who only uses audio during zoom?