Virtual work meetings have their time and place in a world where governments can introduce lockdowns at the drop of a hat — but they can also quickly dominate and undermine people who work from home. Maureen Kyne explains.
It is a familiar feeling for public servants working from home (WFH) across the country: on to the third virtual meeting of the day and watching the weary, pixelated faces of their co-workers flash with mild annoyance when they realise this latest dial-in could have been a one-line email instead.
People crane their necks forward, looking into the little camera portal of their standard-issue laptop (perhaps from a slightly unflattering low angle) and lose a little bit of their soul into the digital abyss.
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