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I don't know, would it be more awkward for management to force you to turn on your webcam? I think the lack of face to face and the free language of this post s

• teknopaul 5y ago
  +1 I hate cameras, and pushing social media was a source of mental health issues for me. Lost a couple of colleagues recently, who I had never seen, I don't think cameras would have helped. Especially not when mourning loss. Face to face meetings are imperative, but not câmeras. Plenty of people are camera shy but just fine over dinner or a swift pint. Can't understate the importance of breaking bread.
• gkop 5y ago
  +1 to that would be awkward, and post shows some empathy A strong manager of course would not mandate micro behaviors like webcam use. A strong manager perhaps might 1) give space for the team to develop their own norms, 2) subtly nudge those norms with intention to test a hypothesis, gauge the result, and iterate and 3) once healthy norms have developed, take steps to formalize them (while taking care to maintain space for healthy dissent).
• bodge5000 5y ago
  Seems like a bigger managerial problem to disregard employees personal reasons for why they make not want to turn their cam on in the name of an easier measure if anything.