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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by Aeolun on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @07:07AM (#19094465)
I don’t know. Without a webcam I am missing about 100% of all your nonverbal communication. I can see why one would be handy.

Is it really that hard to put on a shirt for your meetings?

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by stronglikedan on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @11:08AM (#19096280)
> missing...nonverbal communication

Screen sharing?

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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by GrinningFool on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @11:25AM (#19096486)
I don't think that was the non-verbal communication he was referring to.
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Re:Office Space turns 20: How the film changed the way we work by stronglikedan on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @11:45AM (#19096720)
I was hoping it wasn't body language, because that's more of a detriment to the meeting, since it's completely subjective. We have an exec that constantly interrupts meetings to ask people about their body language, but the bad part is that he's almost always interpreted it incorrectly, and he proceeds to make mountains out of molehills and waste everyone's time (often while making people extremely uncomfortable). Unless it's a sales presentation where a professional salesperson needs to "read the room", we're better off without cams.
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