If you are still in the job market and working at a medium to large sized corporation you have by now no doubt encountered the ill effects of zoom.
Ill effects I say?
For many it is an escape from having to drive to work. For some (including me many times) it avoids having to go through the overhead of dressing for work and then dealing with mindless chit chat outside of work.
But face to face interaction has its merits. For one you can see body language and intent clearer than a flat screen and that is if the video is on.
But the side effect of using zoom is mind numbing. For one there is no zoom etiquette for the most part.
Covid has given all employees a hall pass to do whatever when on zoom.
Kids yelling, crawling into laps of speaker parent is one example. Some mutt barking uncontrollably like a background theme music and getting mentioned every time a person speaks is another.
Oh I wonder why Sparky is being fussy...
Really? Because he is an idiot being a canine and you are worse for harboring this creature in your house and letting him speak his mind when we are trying to find out if you have any.
Garbled phone connections is another. All these gen X, Y and Z after 24 months of covid have not yet figured out where their microphone is and what the speakers are doing. For real.
Static on calls to people sounding like their car is going underwater as they speak are common complaints. Maybe I am the idiot sitting in my office silenced from outside noise to maintain decorum while people are scuba diving while taking their work calls?
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