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?

Hahaha, that might have been my DH! He's in the spare room with clothes airer. Always wining about me hanging up the washing there. My daily reply: just blur the background, dude!

Yes unprofessional. I do teams calls in my bedroom when wfh, i have custom background with our NHS trust logo.... nobody is seeing anything in my room!

Oh Starlight hilarious

I think the world is a better place when we let people be themselves in their own homes.

Unless you sell beds, beds are pretty unprofessional full stop. But so what?! Let it go

I agree.

There's 'not being Hyacinth Bucket' and then there's just squalid. Very few people want to see your unmade bed, your laundry basket or your dirty dishes. Pps asking why OP cares - well, I don't know why OP cares, but for me, these things make me think of the other person in an unpleasantly intimate way which I'd really rather not! It's a kind of 'over sharing'.

Personally I'd find it a bit intimate & my mind would wander.... so yes, distracting!!

there are so many fake backgrounds now, so why would you ?

I don’t understand why you give enough of a shit to comment.

Was s/he dressed?
Maids day off maybe?

That's disgusting. Surely they can move their laptop to their office room!?

It wouldn't bother me. Makes no difference whether their duvet is flat or wrinkled.

I hate seeing peoples beds and bedrooms full stop on teams calls. Definitely blur or use background if you can't come up with a more professional backdrop to your call.

I hope this is sarcastic but I'm never sure any more

I think people should maintain the same professional standards when they wfh as they would in the office. Presenting a messy unmade bed to colleagues/clients speaks volumes about that individual's lack of self-awareness and lack of professionalism.

Yet another reason why wfh just doesn't "work". People don't take it seriously enough to make the effort to even try to make it look professional.

I hate seeing beds (made or unmade) in the background of calls - it feels too intimate! Blur your background people!

Unprofessional. There's a reason Teams provides a selection of background scenes, or even blurs the background image.

I agree, I don’t like it, I don’t want to see my colleagues beds, it feels quite personal. Just like if I visited their home I’d not wish to be in their bedroom. I honestly can’t understand why folks with this set up don’t just buy a cheap screen from Amazon to put behind them when on calls.

you can get them from cheap to more High quality

www.amazon.co.uk/OFCASA-Folding-Divider-Movable-Furniture/dp/B08XYZ9N8X/ref=sr_1_11?crid=2QXL577I8F64J&keywords=folding+screen&qid=1668014336&sprefix=Folding++screen%2Caps%2C80&sr=8-11

www.amazon.co.uk/murando-Decorative-Single-Sided-Partition-f-B-0142-z-c/dp/B09MD8J39H/ref=sr_1_22?crid=2QXL577I8F64J&keywords=folding%2Bscreen&qid=1668014336&sprefix=Folding%2B%2Bscreen%2Caps%2C80&sr=8-22&th=1

@girlmom21 you've lost me. Wasn't being sarky just thought the laptop could be moved to a desk area with the bookcase or whatever behind it. Assumed all the covid wfh-ers had a spare room set up as an office by now. Failing that they'd be back to work wherever they're normally based.

😂

Emm..nope

Since Covid companies have taken the excuse to never have me in the office.

And I currently have no bookcases as I can't yet be bothered to secure them to the wall.

To be fair most people I work with have a wall behind them. However as I have to use multiple laptops I have a wall, curtains or made bed as some of the laptops aren't powerful enough/have correct operating system to use a background.

We're asked to blur or use corporate background.

Non white people can struggle with a blurred background as the camera still can’t recognise them. Shit but that’s what it is, also if your on a phone then there are less features.

spare bedroom as an office to wfh!!! Lol. Covid means the weekly half day meeting they used to hire a meeting room for is now on teams as it saves money but as I have a shared office I need to do it from home from my phone. I don’t have a spare room so you get the sofa/kitchen table or if DH and the kid are home then the bedroom. If my employer wants a professional background they can 1. Pay for an office 2. Pay for a fancy laptop

There was a person (just on news, not my company) who had a sex toy in view on her shelf.

Apart from the wall, you can also angle your laptop so that it tilts to the ceiling.

This.

This is why there is an option on Teams to blur the background.

And a soft focus option, too.