38% of remote workers work from bed

Re:38% of remote workers work from bed by iambateman on Friday July 30, 2021 @09:57AM (#28008008)

Are you not self conscious, constantly?

The massive difference between what you describe and sitting in person is body noise. A cough in an office is normal while a cough in a video chat gets everyone’s attention.

I feel like it would be very draining but it sounds like you’re enjoying it?

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Re:38% of remote workers work from bed by thiht on Friday July 30, 2021 @06:40PM (#28013293)

We just mute ourselves when we’re not talking an close the camera lid if we’re not comfortable with it.

I used to be self conscious about it, but I think the company culture plays a role. We had these devices and this behavior way before COVID because our teams were already remote (5 people in a city in France, 2 in another, 2 in Tunisia…), this is the company way of keeping remote people close to one another. The whole company works like this because all the teas are distributed. I went from not caring about it to loving it, and if I switched company I would do my best to advocate for such a system.

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Re:38% of remote workers work from bed by NortySpock on Friday July 30, 2021 @10:06AM (#28008112)

I usually use Push-To-Talk mode on most video calls when I can. I'm not perfect about it, but I do manage to mute probably 90% of throat-clearing noises or 75% of my typing.

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