Ask HN: Does your company Zoom or nah?
For my current job, the answer is 'nah'. I think the reason is: because we are technologically incapable of doing it, even if we wanted to do it.
(Don't shoot the messenger.)
We do audio/screenshare-only meetings -- i.e. we do not use Zoom or other software to put our faces/bodies/apts/houses/dogs/children/significant-others/furniture/books/social-class/personal-lives on camera.
I have decided I really like this, and this is the best way to work remotely.
Sometimes we do audio-only meetings without the screensharing, and vice-versa.
There now seems to be some counter-momentum to the Zoom/video-is-better (because non-verbal communication is everything*) narrative, but I'm curious if my company is unique in this no-Zoom regard.
I don't have a "Zoom Shirt".
I consider the ability to work without video on me to be a major plus of my current work situation. I would even like to search for a new job with this as one of my primary criteria -- pretty close to a prerequisite.