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As much as people don't like it, our current culture of having a video conference open all day with everyone in (breaking out into smaller calls when necessary)

As much as people don't like it, our current culture of having a video conference open all day with everyone in (breaking out into smaller calls when necessary) brings down the level of "hey, can I ask you a question?" bc we can see if someone is at their desk. I think this is something that would work for more junior people as well, and I'd be happy to break out / share a screen as needed.

silicon2401 6y ago
> our current culture of having a video conference open all day with everyone in this is incredibly bad for the environment. i just hope it's at least not as bad as commuting
chakspak 6y ago
Wow, all day? That's a lot! My team and others have been having "office hours" meetings where everyone is just working, but often the cameras are off, mics are muted most of the time, and we only do it for a few hours a week. I definitely agree that there is a lot of value in being able to jump in and ask questions in the moment. That's a big benefit of having these calls for us. Maybe we should try having them more often. :)
- necrotic_comp 6y ago
  It's really not been that bad - we had a few people who were remote initially and they had the cameras on in their home office so we could shout over and ask questions and it would feel like they were in the office. Now we're all remote so we keep the same meeting open. I guess people have differing levels of comfort.
dunefox 6y ago
> having a video conference open all day with everyone in This sounds absolutely horrible.
- necrotic_comp 6y ago
  Honestly, it's fine. Most of us are on mute for most of the day. In a trading environment, you need a hoot, and this is pretty much our equivalent. It works well and (at least with how our team works) it's not invasive.
  - dunefox 6y ago
    Being watched by all colleagues all day is extremely invasive. I would definitely not want to work in this environment.
    - mprovost 6y ago
      You just described every open plan office ever. At least this way nobody can look over your shoulder at your screen. And you can turn your camera off if you want a break.
      - dunefox 6y ago
        Yes, open plan offices are horrible. No need to reproduce something just as horrible and intrusive when working from home. I would just turn both microphone and camera off; if somebody wants something they can message me, like a sane person.
- npsimons 6y ago
  > This sounds absolutely horrible. And now you know how it feels to work in an open floor plan or cubicle where someone can come along and break your flow causing you to have to waste over 20 minutes getting back into it. The key with the all day video conference is you can mute it and set your status as away when you need to do deep work. Can't do that in an office environment.
  - dunefox 6y ago
    Or, you know, since I'm already working from home I can just not be in a "digital office". An open floor office is already bad, so there's not need to reproduce it. It's simply intrusive and unnecessary.

silicon2401 6y ago

> our current culture of having a video conference open all day with everyone in this is incredibly bad for the environment. i just hope it's at least not as bad as commuting

chakspak 6y ago

Wow, all day? That's a lot! My team and others have been having "office hours" meetings where everyone is just working, but often the cameras are off, mics are muted most of the time, and we only do it for a few hours a week. I definitely agree that there is a lot of value in being able to jump in and ask questions in the moment. That's a big benefit of having these calls for us. Maybe we should try having them more often. :)

necrotic_comp 6y ago
It's really not been that bad - we had a few people who were remote initially and they had the cameras on in their home office so we could shout over and ask questions and it would feel like they were in the office. Now we're all remote so we keep the same meeting open. I guess people have differing levels of comfort.

dunefox 6y ago

> having a video conference open all day with everyone in This sounds absolutely horrible.

necrotic_comp 6y ago
Honestly, it's fine. Most of us are on mute for most of the day. In a trading environment, you need a hoot, and this is pretty much our equivalent. It works well and (at least with how our team works) it's not invasive.
- dunefox 6y ago
  Being watched by all colleagues all day is extremely invasive. I would definitely not want to work in this environment.
  - mprovost 6y ago
    You just described every open plan office ever. At least this way nobody can look over your shoulder at your screen. And you can turn your camera off if you want a break.
    - dunefox 6y ago
      Yes, open plan offices are horrible. No need to reproduce something just as horrible and intrusive when working from home. I would just turn both microphone and camera off; if somebody wants something they can message me, like a sane person.
npsimons 6y ago
> This sounds absolutely horrible. And now you know how it feels to work in an open floor plan or cubicle where someone can come along and break your flow causing you to have to waste over 20 minutes getting back into it. The key with the all day video conference is you can mute it and set your status as away when you need to do deep work. Can't do that in an office environment.
- dunefox 6y ago
  Or, you know, since I'm already working from home I can just not be in a "digital office". An open floor office is already bad, so there's not need to reproduce it. It's simply intrusive and unnecessary.