Should Employees (especially remote employees) Be Required to Turn On Cameras during Virtual Meetings?
Thoughts??
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What, so the jealous, back-tabby coworker can capture my picture? No thanks. Too many risks. These are the least trustworthy among "bankers".
Needlessly harassing employees is what HY does best, so it would not surprise me.
What's the point in making remote people do this? If you're remote you're likely being displaced so why make the situation worse for them.
"Hey Johnny, I know you're getting displaced in a month but I need you to start being on camera so that everyone can get to see your face before we boot you out the door."
Yes....ideally remote workers would also wear ankle bracelets with a GPS. It's on fair....we know they are f'ing off 60% of the time.
To each their own, I find it useless at best and a distraction at worst. Thankfully my manager doesn't require it.
Would we be asking if we should show our faces in meetings we have in person? No, and we shouldn’t be asking this virtually either. Exceptions for very large meetings where only a few people are talking, but for smaller groups, yes, cameras on for all the reasons others have stated.
So getting camera ready is a problem? Was getting ready to face work a problem before we had this technology?
Teams displays only about 10 people when sharing content. It is very useful to have people on camera so you can pickup on cues of moving too fast, losing interest, question but afraid to ask, etc. as a presenter it does help a ton. My manager (Director) requires all his directs to be on camera. Not a big deal to me.
In a one on one meeting, nonverbal may be of use, if you're in a good sized meeting there's no way in heck you're picking that up with dozens of small video feeds on your screen. If you have time to really focus on that, it's highly unlikely that what you're presenting is of any real value.
Yes. It should be mandatory.
- Nonverbal communication is important.
- I have found many of my staff not paying attention or doing other things when they don’t.
I’ve watched a guy pick his nose all through a large town hall. No one wants or needs to see that.
It’s really all about making you uncomfortable and want to quit. Men in charge don’t realize us ladies need extra and often very time consuming preparation to be camera ready!
Waste of bandwidth that could reduce already iffy connections.
I seriously don't care what anyone looks like.
The 'leaders' of this bank are insecure and need to see people's faces.
But there's no actual reason for needing cameras on.
Yes. What’s the problem with this?
Only if they aim the camera towards their nether regions.
That is expected as you deal with higher levels —directors typically hav videos on all the time