To think people are a bit slack at work these day

I really hate being in meetings where people don't have their cameras on.

If your home broadband isn't up to it, then you need to do something about it, or get a job where you don't WFH.

You wouldn't sit in a face-to-face meeting with your back turned to everyone, or with a paper bag over your head, so I have no idea why it's acceptable to do it online.

We are encouraged not to send thank yous or unnecessary emails as each email adds to our carbon budget.

The work place is changing, I don't put my camera on until I'm required to speak on busy calls because it just sucks the bandwidth and impacts the quality of the call. Many of the calls I'm on I require the information but am not in a position to contribute often or feedback.

People have always prioritised meeting attendance, I think with Teams it's more obvious. It's much the same with prep and how important it is. In my sector people are still organised and attend, but then again it's expected and they'd get short shrift if they didn't.

Are the forums etc directly relevant and add value to peoples’ jobs?

m I can’t lie I dread things like this. I just find it really difficult to engage in teams training etc . I switch off, emails etc pop up and I think ‘o I’ll quickly deal with that’, I don’t want my camera on because I look terrible because I’m wfh and have made no effort and it shows my double chins, shows my resting bitch face. Also they seem to be compulsory but then I don’t come out of them feeling like I’ve learned something relevant or networked with people (speak to people I’ll never speak to again) etc.

I hope that helps 😂