I’ve started a personal revolution where I keep my camera turned off during internal status meetings, and the pushback from HR has been wild. They told me it’s a performance issue and that I’m not demonstrating presence, but I literally just want to eat my cereal without twenty people watching me chew. Like I hate watching other people eat or drink on camera. I’m still hitting all my deadlines and executing campaigns flawlessly, so why does my face on a tiny grid matter so much? Is it a hill worth dying on, or should I just buy a ring light and mask my misery?

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This seems really petty and the only person who will get hurt is you. If you want to die on that hill just remember they will have a job posting up in 24 hrs to replace you.

On camera is important for remote teams to see facial expressions and body langauge. You're already so disconnected from the team its the least you can do to show you are engaged with your peers.

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If they brought in HR, it sounds like it’s a hill you’re about to get fired over, so I guess the question is - how bad you need your job? No offense but at your level you’re easily replaceable so I wouldn’t assume you’re safe from repercussions just because you execute an email campaign.

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Oh you said that not much nice away than I did.

Unfortunately, a job is not just about hitting your deadlines and executing campaigns flawlessly and I’d be surprised if they were the only goals you had in annual goals.

Normally you would expect to have some kind of goal around good communication processes and networking, both of which this would probably fit under.

Given the enormous push by companies to get their staff to return to office, I feel that you are given them an easy reason to let you go. Unless you have specifically discussed this with your manager in advance and have an agreement that you can turn your camera off, then this will be seen as not being a team player I’m afraid.

Also, a rather obvious question, why are you eating breakfast, during internal meetings? And if you have to, explain when you join the call that eg. You’re in back to back meetings and need to eat your breakfast so you’re going to be switching your camera off and on throughout the call, rather than just leave it off all the time perhaps, as a compromise?

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Maybe consider that maybe EAT YOUR BREAKFAST at home, not at work?

That is so silly. Especially with your Title. You know you’re easily replaceable.

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