My new company policy is to have Zoom videos on in calls, and we aren't allowed to have virtual backgrounds. I feel like this is a violation of privacy because I work from my bedroom. What can I do?

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Sit in a dark room like those documentaries where the identity of the individual is kept a secret. Technically your video is on without a background....lol!

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You could probably get away with putting up a fake home office background

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What’s the reasoning for not allowing virtual backgrounds?

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They do look kind of ridiculous a lot of the time. Then again, so would my piles of dirty laundry.

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No. Just… no.
Sorry but what a weird policy (the part about requiring video). Sometimes I show my video and sometimes I don’t. I work with people that always have video on and some that never have it on. No one cares either way. I would put up a curtain if this was a requirement with no wiggle room… while looking for jobs at other companies lol

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Can you use the blur function?

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I would just show them your room. That’s what they want. Not everybody has the money or space for a second office.

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Dafuq???? Definitely controversial...I like it lol

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Why work there? If they are strict about use of virtual background then what else are they OCD about? Why do you put up with it? Surely it is worth you finding an employer who trusts their employees and treats them as adults

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Can you set up in another room for those calls?

I bought a photographer backdrop. It’s essentially a rectangle with a white sheet clipped on. This is for when a company tells me to use one of their random video chat apps because they don’t like zoom, google meets, or teams. Inevitably, the virtual background function won’t work and neither will the blur.

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