People using Gitlab Zoom videos to pretend they're working
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But no, the comments are people using it to fake that they are working to their family or kids, even taking back to the video when family walks by.
Somehow that's so much more messed up and dystopian.
In other words, for at least some people, it's not pretending to work so they can slack off, it's pretending to be in a meeting so they can actually work.
I imagine that in-office workers with disruptive coworkers might want to do something similar.
I'm specifically talking about the "pretend they're working" aspect.
I could definitely see people putting up a zoom call recording in an office setting to stop random interruptions. It wouldn't necessarily mean they're "pretending" to work though.
It’s seems more about pretending to be in a meeting and on video, which would be much more likely to stop kids or a spouse from walking in.
Maybe people are slacking off too but that doesn't seem to be what the comment section is about. Maybe this is a selection bias at work and the slackers don't comment or their comments get downvoted, I have no idea.
I do have a hard time imagining this helping you slack off at work though. This seems like a tactic that only works on people you don't work with. Like, you put it on in, your manager walks by your desk, and sees you in a meeting with a bunch of strangers - aren't they going to ask what you're doing?
Also, this is funny, doesn't everyone else have a never ending pile of actual work to do, which the real meetings always interrupt? I wouldn't want to willingly "join" extras...
This is just sad.
Any new employee will know what they are signing up for; and people who don't like it (but feel like they can't resist the social pressure) will leave over time.
you need recordings of meetings to pretend that you are working?
i just need to sit at the computer to do that. i mean, i am working on something, but noone in my family can tell if it is paid work, some FOSS contribution or a useless side project. for meetings i can join online tech hangouts which they also can't tell from real work meetings.
pretty much anything i do on the computer that is not watching a movie or playing a game will look like work to them.