Virtual Meetings Discussions

Can employers measure an employee's time worked through Skype?

We’re 4 months into this whole WFH world. Has anyone found any luck with a conferencing software that presents creative work well? Zoom has privacy issues, MS Teams settings aren’t that great with Macs. Does anyone have any solves?

Anyone used slack before? How is it?

Important question: why are you wearing a hat in your zoom meetings?

Has anyone had to deal with employee professionalism issues due to mishaps on Zoom / remote work culture?

Has anyone interviewed F2F recently (not over Zoom, but in person)? If so, did you and your interviewers wear a mask? Was there anything else different about "interviewing while COVID"?

For those of you living alone, how are you keeping yourself entertained during social distancing? I’m hundreds of miles from my family and the loneliness is starting to get really hard. Zoom/FaceTime calls seem to make the feeling worse, not better. I just feel so isolated. I’ve gone for some outdoor walks with a friend who lives nearby, but otherwise I go weeks without in-person interactions. Any suggestions?

I think PGA/LPGA camera operators are very under appreciated. I mean, the skill it takes to spot, zoom in, and track a tiny golf ball flying through the air at 150+mph over and over and from multiple angles is incredible.

I literally can’t follow my own golf ball leaving my club much less someone else’s with a camera mounted on my shoulder.

Teams / webex / zoom / other
What’s everyone using internally & with clients?

Is it okay to use virtual background during my zoom interview?

Mid thirties M live in SoCal, F 🐠.... ready for a quarantine connect and build from there, DM me. Open to summer hikes or walks on the beach 🏖 or zoom/FaceTime calls. Life is great and now is the perfect time!

I was recently offered a Zoom interview. I had 10 slots to choose from. I took the first slot available. Three were one day earlier this week and the rest are next week. Does it look good (or desperate, lol) on my part that I took the first time or should I have waited until next week so that I would be fresher on their minds when choosing a candidate? Also, do interviewers still appreciate a handwritten note after an interview?

Any suggestions for virtual happy hour - scotch, wine, cocktail, mocktail tasting (vendors, logistics, rough pricing etc.)? Location: US, Canada

What should I wear for a Skype interview for a tech start up that has around 1000 people, 4 bill valuation?

Does anyone have suggestions for virtual happy hour games/activities? What has your team been doing, and what has worked best and gotten the most people engaged in participating?

Has anyone interviewed at Slack?

I was recently offered a Zoom interview. The school had 10 interview slots for me to choose from. Three were one day this week and the rest are next week. I chose the first time slot available. Should I have waited until one of the last slots so I was fresher on their mind when choosing a candidate? I am just sitting here stressing out until I here something. Also, do interviewers still appreciate a hand written thank you for the interview?

Curious what firms are doing to keep people socializing during COVID. I miss my coworkers but I'm sick of zoom calls.

Just got off a zoom call where the CFO pulled out his JUUL and ripped a few. Don’t think he knew he was on webcam

Does anyone have tips for how to combat zoom fatigue? I’m an introvert and feel much more drained after multiple zoom calls than I do from in person meetings.

Advice for conducting virtual interviews? Do you show the interviewer your paper over zoom? Can you get away with keeping some notes nearby to glance at during the interview?

Do MBA student clubs use Teams or Slack? Do they use just the free tier?

Has anybody measured how much data a video call consumes per hour? Got an interview via zoom this week and trying to figure out how much I should upsize my cell data plan. Thanks!

Help please 🙏 anyone who understands print...if I have an image that’s 3840x2160 and 72dpi and i go into photoshop and bump it to 300 dpi (now becoming 9kx16k), is that good enough to print on 30x40in canvas? When I zoom all the way in it’s not crisp so i’m confused

Anyone at PWC right now? What’s the company like? Psycho hours? Using modern tech (slack, google sheets, lucidchart, github, etc)? Flexible for Mac/Linux? Bunch of ego maniac micro managers? I am considering an opp there, but had bad exp at KPMG, so I am cautious about going back to a b4.

I have read that zoom, personal responsibilities, the state of the world etc. are putting more stress and weight on employees. I feel so tired all of time. I cannot function or produce at the rate before the pandemic even with more sleep. Anybody else feel the same? Is this burn out or expected? Should I take time off and if so what do I do with it (since we can’t travel)? How are people coping with this?

Looking to put $5K in the market. Which ones would you buy? Lululemon, delta airlines, Peleton, docusign, Zoom, etsy. Any that I’ve missed and should consider? Already have MSFT, BRKB, NVDA, BABA and multiple broad ETFs

Im completely burned out on the weekly zoom chats I’ve scheduled with friends and coworkers to “catch up since we can’t see each other face to face.” Anyone else?

Should I wear a suit to a headhunter interview? (Over zoom)

Working in a two floor house a little bit away from the wifi router. Getting very bad connection in other areas of the house. Is there a booster / anything to buy to get better connection or help when there are multiple zoom calls in the house at once?

Thoughts on using notes in zoom interview?

Any ideas on fun games to play with team during a virtual happy hour? Trying to beat this WFH fatigue. 😅

If we thought about it back in March, we probably could’ve predicted which companies would do well, like Zoom, Amazon, Instacart, etc. And invested accordingly. Anyone have any thoughts for forecasting the next few months? Opportunities to take advantage of?

Interviewed (via Zoom) with an out of town firm about a possible lateral position in mid-March. They were extremely positive, hinted at an offer, but stated it was a timing issue with COVID (understandable). Checked in a few times, silence for months, wrote it off, but was informed recently go before the Hiring Committee early next week. Assuming it goes well, is it appropriate to ask to fly down to meet others/ learn more given the passage of time?

Do participants see notifications when you share a specific window in zoom, not your screen? Asking for a friend who forgot to turn on do not disturb and maybe got a questionable text during a presentation to a client.