A decent, humane manager.
At my company, all the ICs I respect have camera off meetings. Only managers, obnoxious ladder climbers, and outside consultants are constantly pushing face time.
At my company, all the ICs I respect have camera off meetings. Only managers, obnoxious ladder climbers, and outside consultants are constantly pushing face time.
Just a couple of years ago the standard medium for a meeting was a conference phone call.
Just because it’s easy to always have a videoconference doesn’t mean that we should.
For me, the standard medium for a meeting for decades been face to face, with videoconference in second, long before covid changed everything.
I have always hated phone calls, and conference calls specifically are one of the circles of hell.
For individuals choosing camera on vs. off when participating in meetings, whatever the choice, I bargain more than would admit are making some form of status calculation.
Personally I bias towards on often as it feels more... friendly?