To think this is unprofessional?

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Doing a teams call to a room full of people with a full view of your unmade bed - I’m not sure it would be better if it was made. It was also someone quite senior.

Or aibu and that’s totally normal?

Nah that's a bit gross. Blur the background FGS!

Yanbu completely unprofessional. Maybe they thought they had the background changed?

Maybe they're just concentrating on their actual work and don't think that a normal thing in a normal person's house matters.

Well I would (probably) have made the bed, but maybe thats where they have to work.

I'd probably be a bit eerrrr but I know I've got weird avoidances. I don't think it's unprofessional.

Very unprofessional and rather 🤑

Bit weird. Also you can generally blur the background so people don't see your house, not sure why they didn't do that.

I don't understand why you give a shit

That's definitely unprofessional. It might not actually matter, but it's unprofessional, just like dressing like a slob for a work meeting wouldn't make a difference practically but would be unprofessional.

Very unprofessional, particularly of a bed. Should have used a blurred or custom background, that's what I do - my WFH desk is in my bedroom.

Maybe they're channeling their inner Tracey Emin.

I'd feel weird about random colleagues seeing my bed full stop. I'd definitely blur it or use a template background.

Bed in background is fine to me, but I'd expect it to be made. My DH works from home and his desk is in the spare bedroom with bed showing behind him. There's no where else in our home we could fit a desk. Bed is always made and he does blur the background so you can't really see it to be honest.

Don't think I'd notice or care. Not like they were sat in their pants in the bed.

Did they realise you could see it?

I wouldn't do it. But DH takes his laptop down into the cellar to do zoom calls as it's quieter. I think it makes him look like a serial killer and it invades the privacy of all the spiders.

Etiquette for us at my work would be to blur or use standard background. I don’t but it’s a blank wall behind me.

Are there loads of bottles of wine in the background? I would find that quite distracting trying to see the labels!

In a world where people wear suits and women expected to wear heels. An unmade bed in the background is sloppy and unprofessional.
I’d be tempted to forward the massively inspirational video from a senior US military general on bedmaking. It’s an amazing video for all you non bed makers.

I had a work Zoom call with someone who works from a different company to me, knickers drying on an airer in the background! 😂

I don't think they wee very nice knickers either 😮.

Maybe they're just concentrating on their actual work and don't think that a normal thing in a normal person's house matters.

in the past i've had people shutting off meetings like that when there are inappropriate backgrounds. We have a choice of 5 corporate backgrounds - it is mandatory to use one. Although for internal meetings we often gang up on the boss and use a viking- ship background

Sadly not. Just mountains of his very important crap that he sticks down there so I don't bin it.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=IZyq9nmiL_I

People have been forced to work from home to cut the overheads in offices. If you're working from your home, then I don't see what business it is of anyone if your bed is unmade. Personally I make my bed every morning which some people would find fault at also, but I think it's a bit invasive judging someone by an unmade bed in their own home.

Well it's not ideal but doesn't affect their work?

Back in early covid days not everyone seemed to have clicked onto the blue function, I loved a nosy at peoples house. Some people had some shit decor haha