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You seem to be assuming both my preference and age. I'll allow that some of it may be generational; many of my younger colleagues have never called in to a con

You seem to be assuming both my preference and age. I'll allow that some of it may be generational; many of my younger colleagues have never called in to a conference call. But I challenge your claim that I'm assuming bad faith. At no point did I question the motives of the OP, only their actions. Edit: I should clarify, because my original comment could reasonably be read as assuming details about the internal motivations of the OP. Allow me to rephrase: if a mangers' default response to an individual not having a camera on is to dress down the person for not "being present", that manager is making a toxic workplace environment.

ycombobreaker 7y ago
Yeah I suppose I'm assuming your age. I don't understand where you're coming from when you feel that the immediate response from the situation is to quit, and my "maximum likelihood estimate" is that it is millenial vs gen-x office culture, hence the leading question. Apologies if that has offended you. Your preference seems... clear enough to me? given that you said you would quit that day. What am I misunderstanding? I believe your response of leaving rather than attempting to reconcile the difference in expectations is an indication of assumption of bad faith. As in, you seem to believe the manager would not be responsive to a discussion.