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Sounds like this person just won the lottery. Apparently some people absolutely need to see the person that they are talking to, but I personally hate when my job has meetings and we have to have our cameras on. I don’t need to see you. Just say what needs said or show whatever on your screen and then let’s move on with the day.
I don’t mind screen on, but I’m unapologetic in the vibes I give off
It’s also such a neurotypical thing to (want to) force people to have the camera on.
Some people work better without at times.
Just let them work however they want and show trust, it might just benefit everyone. If I am not focused on showing an expectation of a facial expression I can focus on the topic.
Maybe miming that “jerkoff” motion while rolling your eyes was a bit much
Sounds like they don’t want this person in the conversation, if they don’t want to hear them, see them or know what they think.
Inviting only people who support and agree with you to a meeting seems like a great way to run a company.
It depends on what the meeting is. There are situations where you might not agree with decisions being made, but undermining your superior infront of business partners is not ok.
Those are the kinds of problems you handle privately. Not in a meeting with other people from other companies.
I thought being able to see reactions is exactly why people are supposed to keep cameras on???
But not theirs. xD
During our last meeting (where inexplicably 25 people where called to talk), my direct manager had to take a shit. He told my colleague who was sitting opposite of me to excuse him, should he be called while on the toilet (the order was random).
Unsurprisingly, just as he had left, it was his turn. Despite being muted and had no video on, everyone heard me laugh because it was so loud my colleague’s mic picked it up.
How bad can it be?
I don’t use Zoom, Teams, etc. But I’ve seen quite a few posts that suggest people hosting the meetings have to ask others to mute themselves or turn off their cameras. Do the people hosting meetings not have the ability to mute the people joining them? Sounds like a no brainer to have that feature.
They do have that feature. The hosts are just ignorant of it.
every single video conference application I’ve used has these features
they are always self explanatory and easy to use too
It’s kind of a courtesy. Just muting somebody is a bit rude
I understand that, but I would imagine there would be a way to have the default be to mute everyone if you know no one else needs to talk. That way no one feels singled out, and you wouldn’t be interrupted at all.
Say smarter things if you want more positive responses.
Whelp, if you can see what I’m thinking on my face, I guess I might as well say it out loud.
Some of us just don’t have an indoor voice… on our face.
I think you should leave
We’re all trying to find the guy who did this
