Do you go on video on teams meetings?

Yes, it would be really odd not to be seen. The only exceptions are when we have a massive meeting of 50 plus people.

I usually have my camera on and I’d alway have it on for an external client. But at the same time I managed really well doing old fashioned conference calls using a telephone for years so I know how to run a successful meeting without cameras. I pity those who don’t have that skill set.

The main thing that bothers me is employers have managed to put cameras in the homes of millions of employees with very little pushback.

Yes, I think it’s rude and unprofessional not to. Unless there are genuine connectivity issues and removing camera helps make the connection more stable.

I sometimes don't tum mine on for town hall type meetings where I am essentially just listening and there are loads of participants but any regular meeting where you might contribute you should have your camera on imo.

Not work but my DD said during Covid the teachers all said how awful it was talking to blankness. My DD was pretty good at having her camera on and a teacher might ask ‘ok did you all get that? [My DD] is nodding so I’m going to go with that’. Too bad if a kid didn’t.
I think it’s rude not to have your camera on. We communicate non verbally too. A quick glance around and whomever is talking can register if what they are saying is being understood, received well, if someone looks like they might want to add something, if some one is not engaging.

My senior partner is really pointed about this - when we get on a call and someone is there without video he will call them out by name saying "we can hear you, but we can't see you!" repeatedly until the other person turns on their camera or explains why they can't turn their camera on.

Wow, what a twat. In my calls I might remind people to put their cameras on if they can but if not that's fine. Your colleagues are adults and shouldn't have to explain why they don't want to turn their camera on. I am usually on camera but if I wasn't and someone started calling me out like this I would keep the camera off just to annoy them.

I think not having camera on is rude only if you're the only one and it is an established expectation. If nobody has their camera/only presenter has it on then I don't think it is rude. Being the only one with camera on would be weird.

it's an office culture thing - my last job nobody had camera on, this one everyone has to. I think it's a reasonable thing for a manager to request as it is much nicer to see people than to speak to a blank screen screen- however if there isn't any office policy, request is all they can do.

If one colleague is not doing so I think it would be fine to say to your manager in a 1-1 - you've asked me to put my camera on, but I notice X never does so. If the office policy is that cameras have to be on then that's fine, but it should apply to everyone. If there isn't a policy about them being on or off then I'd feel more comfortable keeping mine off.

Then it's back on her. If you're a manager then your role is to manage. She can decide whether it's a battle worth fighting.

I'm self employed and attend meetings and training quite regularly. Anything where I'm interacting, camera on and I think anyone who doesn't do the same is discourteous. If it's a large conference where I'm listening to a lecture I'll switch it off from time to time.

Nope. Nobody does, it’s just a phonecall then really

I have my camera on because I know it’s just the “done” thing where I work and considered rude not to. But if someone else doesn’t, I really couldn't care less. I don’t personally find it rude, I just know other people do.

Depends on the meeting. I tend to join meetings (unless it's a massive large one) with camera on to say hello, then I might turn it off for a while. One-to-one calls I always do with camera on, and we have one regular meeting where the consensus has been agreed of cameras off.

I have it noted down in my reasonable adjustments though (I ask for very little and give a heck of a lot back to the team) that I may well turn my camera off to reduce the load of me having to socially mask and to allow me to focus on the content of the meeting - I'm diagnosed as autistic and generally I don't tend to ask for much in the way of accommodations for this, but cameras on does add massively to the mental load and exhausts me.

We're generally very laid back about these things though which is one reason I love my team.

Yes always, and in external ones,

Always have my camera on and always ensure that I look decent so that I can. I would not turn up to work without being on camera meeting ready as it is rude. I fully wfh.

It is rude not to

It is not rude whatsoever.

I am always on camera. Sometimes when I'm presenting I need to turn my camera off as it can affect my connection speed, but that's the only time I turn it off and I explain why I'm doing it to my colleagues. Having my camera off during presentations is also helpful as I can have a cheeky slurp of my cuppa or refer to some paperwork, if needed.

It is rude not to have your camera on. You don’t even know if they are there. Not being camera ready isn’t an excuse if you are working from home and the kind of thing that gives wfh a bad reputation.

I’m far more engaged if I’m not worrying about people staring directly at my face in a way that never happens in real life.

Always, you are at work, would you go to work looking like crap? If so then people would see you anyway.

As others have said there are times in big meetings where cameras are off but in day to day work you need to interact.

No, I don’t but I have a reasonable adjustment that has been agreed for it.

Always. I feel it's just mandatory when you work remotely. Nothing more soul destroying than talking to a blank screen.

Always, it’s rude not to. (Unless I’ll or tech issues). I think with background blur / corporate backgrounds there’s no excuse really.

The company I currently work at consider Teams to be simply a modern equivalent of the voice conference call - so everyone has their cameras off.

Yes I do unless it is a really big meeting with about 100 people in it. In smaller meetings, I assume if their camera is off they are not interested or engaged.