I declined to turn my Zoom camera on at work, was I wrong?

[Depreciating Asset]

you shouldve just turned the shyt on
white people dont get the nuances of black male grooming and wouldnt have cared anyway

This

 

[GollyImGully]

fukk the boss

why is he telling to turn on the camera in front of clients?

sounds like he was trying to make a power play

 

[Legal]

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a bunch of scared slaves in here

Bruh you stupid af and have the tendencies of an insecure female

Muafukka you aint got no comb?

You care more about what they thought of your appearance than you care bout putting money in your pocket and food on your table.
You're a whole jackass.

 

[SleezyBigSlim]

I feel like your boss just wanted to be nosey. My boss never used to turn on the camera in 1 on 1 meetings but now she does ever since she got her new house. Cacs like to flex they just do it in different ways from us. Just turn on a filter

 

[13473]

yes, you are wrong. u risked your job over a haircut

u acknowledged your coworkers have no idea about this hairline stuff, so they probably werent even gonna be judging u. and if your white coworkers were like "oh look at his hair he looks POOR like he sleeps in a box outside" that'd make them racists

i don't think u should associate your natural hairline with homelessness either.

before i went natural and during the beginning i had all types of hang ups that i had to work through. u be willing to risk your job and feeling so deeply about a hairline likely means u have some issues u need to work through as well.

 

[Roid Jones]

People still go to meetings unprepared, can't get caught lacking out here

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Always be ready to go on cam

 

[old pig]

I feel like your boss just wanted to be nosey.

nah @The Hon. Stringer Bell hit the nail on the head…more so a fake ass power struggle on the boss’ part

cacs get overly hostile and angry when a black person doesn't do what they ask. No matter how small.

 

[Paper Boi]

thankfully i think my company internalized one of those think pieces about how it’s violence to ask a black woman to go on camera, so we rarely ever have cameras on during meetings.

 

[GPBear]

Your boss can fukk off.

 

[BronxBomber]

I know cats in here be talking super Black ish but the reality is you are paid by whoever your employer is to do a job and hold a standard. You should have been prepared since you were on the clock to be presentable. I do realize that society now is ok with mediocrity and that everyone is a boss etc etc.

 

[Mars]

Be worried about what 60 yr old YT people think about you...

 

[BeeCityRoller]

If I have a meeting with the higher-ups or entire division I'll touch up the first couple rows of my locs the day prior and clean up my line/beard. Takes me 15-20 minutes. I've had impromptu meetings but I can still fix myself up in the bathroom in less than 10 minutes.

If you're really out here looking homeless that's on you. White people aren't concerned about crispy line-ups like that if you're already on payroll, and you need people to know who you are for the future. It works in your favor even more if other people keep their camera off, I still need eyes on me just like when I was in the office. You never know what position will be posted next quarter.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

I'm glad I work in advertising where don't nobody give a fukk about appearances

 

[UberEatsDriver]

You didn’t turn the camera on because you didn’t your co-workers you see everyday to see you? Lol