Weird how all you "camera must be on" people didn't freak out in the era of conference calls.

Where was your wild paranoia and desperate need to see people's faces back then?

Anyone rambling about cameras in Zoom meetings is almost certainly a useless middle manager terrified that real managers are getting wise to the fact that they are utterly unnecessary and are desperately trying to hold onto any shred of control they have left.

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".

Or...maybe manage the people who are exploiting. Collective punishment is lazy.

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

Lol - about to head into a standing weekly of 25-30 people. The only people who will have their cameras on are 55+, drama-loving women with an axe to grind

The only meetings that we have cameras on are retired military men. And yes, they are super aggressive.

I've been WFH since before Covid. We have employees all over the world. It is extremely rare for anyone to have a camera on. We all have a self select picture of ourselves that shows on the small Teams bubble. Typically, the meeting agenda, presentation, documents are being shared on the screen. I need to see information. I don't care that Jim is eating lunch during the meeting or that Sally is working on another document while we cover things that don't concern her.

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

Lol - about to head into a standing weekly of 25-30 people. The only people who will have their cameras on are 55+, drama-loving women with an axe to grind

It's up to the person's manager and the meeting host decide whether them having a camera off is appropriate...it's not up to me (unless I'm the manager or meeting host).

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.

I would assume they’re not paying full attention and are multitasking online or off.

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

The Whale

Seems safer to keep it off so I don't get caught picking my nose. I turn it on for big meetings but for daily and weekly calls I remain unshaven and the room remains unkempt.

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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

Seriously unhinged. If my team had "hardware" issues or "internet issues" daily, we'd be meeting about it and they'd be requested to come into the office full time. I'm pro-telework but I'm not a fool. If you can't complete your work at home, you need to come to the office to complete it.

Good thing my management doesn't care if my camera's or not.

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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

My company went permanent remote during covid.

It means they are normal.

Cameras on is some oddly bizarre thing expected post 2020 because bosses are old and antiquated and don’t know how to treat people like adults.

Really don’t wanna look at your big fat face and see the hair in your nose. Please turn off your camera.

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Anonymous wrote:

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

Seriously unhinged. If my team had "hardware" issues or "internet issues" daily, we'd be meeting about it and they'd be requested to come into the office full time. I'm pro-telework but I'm not a fool. If you can't complete your work at home, you need to come to the office to complete it.

Anonymous wrote:

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

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Huh? What are you ranting about? We're all hybrid and actually do enjoy both going into the office and also teleworking.