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Several people on our team do not turn-on video during meetings. I also do not like to turn-on video for our stand-up calls - those are fact oriented and whatev

Several people on our team do not turn-on video during meetings. I also do not like to turn-on video for our stand-up calls - those are fact oriented and whatever I'm saying is sufficient to convey the details (one-on-one meetings would be a different scenario). Citrix on Linux seems to have issues exposing external webcams and this has worked to my advantage because once I found out about this issue, I simply presented that as the reason and for once, treatment of Linux as a second class citizen worked out to be in my favour.

xyzelement 5y ago
> treatment of Linux as a second class citizen worked out to be in my favour. I don't know if being able to "get away with" not turning on your video is really in your favor. I am probably rare in this, but probably every month I end up seeing that someone is visibly stressed/exhausted on a Zoom, ask them about it and we usually end up talking about it and solving it. Like "holly shit noisy_boy, you look really tired - everything OK?" could give you a chance to open up about your concerns about your work or family stress that would otherwise never come up in a factual update, and as a manager, there's a TON I can help with once I am aware. To be fair I am probably in a minority of people who look for this kind of thing but just pointing out "hiding" isn't always good.
- nxpnsv 5y ago
  I hope you save comments like that for 1:1, clearly it is overstepping for a standup...
  - xyzelement 5y ago
    > I hope you save comments like that for 1:1, clearly it is overstepping for a standup... It depends on the person, team, and situation. Obviously there are more sensitive contexts where discretion is needed. When I don't think that's necessary, I err on the side of just asking. I want my team to do this to each other too.
tsjq 5y ago
yes. 95% of meetings at my office do not ask for video. one day the manager joked: "anyone who wants other parties to turn on video , should inform atleast a two hours in advance. we need to shave, find an ironed shirt and put it on, make arrangements for kids / pets to stay outside of the room."
- thrower123 5y ago
  Yes, this, absolutely, and unironically. I'm still working on training people to give two hours notice in general for meetings, and some brief sketch of an agenda, so that it feels less like an ambush.

xyzelement 5y ago

> treatment of Linux as a second class citizen worked out to be in my favour. I don't know if being able to "get away with" not turning on your video is really in your favor. I am probably rare in this, but probably every month I end up seeing that someone is visibly stressed/exhausted on a Zoom, ask them about it and we usually end up talking about it and solving it. Like "holly shit noisy_boy, you look really tired - everything OK?" could give you a chance to open up about your concerns about your work or family stress that would otherwise never come up in a factual update, and as a manager, there's a TON I can help with once I am aware. To be fair I am probably in a minority of people who look for this kind of thing but just pointing out "hiding" isn't always good.

nxpnsv 5y ago
I hope you save comments like that for 1:1, clearly it is overstepping for a standup...
- xyzelement 5y ago
  > I hope you save comments like that for 1:1, clearly it is overstepping for a standup... It depends on the person, team, and situation. Obviously there are more sensitive contexts where discretion is needed. When I don't think that's necessary, I err on the side of just asking. I want my team to do this to each other too.

tsjq 5y ago

yes. 95% of meetings at my office do not ask for video. one day the manager joked: "anyone who wants other parties to turn on video , should inform atleast a two hours in advance. we need to shave, find an ironed shirt and put it on, make arrangements for kids / pets to stay outside of the room."

thrower123 5y ago
Yes, this, absolutely, and unironically. I'm still working on training people to give two hours notice in general for meetings, and some brief sketch of an agenda, so that it feels less like an ambush.