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rendall on March 26, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mourning loss as a remote team

If you work remote, I encourage you to turn on your cameras, and encourage icebreakers and social chatting. Have face-to-face meetings if possible, but take time out to hang out with your remote colleagues. Do this daily. It is important for mental health, and will also help with team trust and productivity.

My sincerest, heart-broken condolences to @sofuckingagile.

chrisandchris on March 26, 2022 [–]

What's the experience / statistics about that? I'm not always cam-on but most of the time I use the cam and I encourage others to use it.

> [...] and even during the interview process we didn’t use cameras.

Yes, appereance does not matter (mostly) for your job performance, but seing a face just makes it more human.

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