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My wife, newly hired, was asked to un-blur her camera during a routine meeting to confirm her I9 information. This seems like a violation to me? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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She had interviewed and met both remotely and in person, this guy was merely an HR drone confirming her documentation. I was a little bent when she told me he had asked her to remove her blur filter "to have a look at her working environment, make sure it's not cluttered" (something along those lines). No one else at this company requested such. Was he way out of line?

I should note, this is my PC in our living room and not where she will be working from. And this guy wants a look around our home?! Told my wife to bring this up once she's settled in, ask HR if this is policy. She started today!

She thinks it's a racism thing. I'm not so sure, but I don't have any other explanation.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

...cluttered? the fuck?

has this fucker seen a cubicle? why did she allow it?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

If they want to see my green screen colored walls, it's up to them. I think the background looks better when it's dark abstract art, less distracting than bright green.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

A large percentage of people in Human Resources are absolute idiots. They often use their own perspective as what the company should be doing.

Ask them politely where that rule is because you want to understand. If they cannot provide it, immediately share all the conversation with your manager.

It may lead to nothing. Or discovery that this HR guy seems to always ask women to unblur their cameras and now they got a sexism case on their hands.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can see this as a one time verification to help verify the video isn't being faked / you aren't working out of a remote cube farm in another country.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Not a racism thing. Happened to me at my last two companies (white guy, both remote jobs).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Same here. It's company policy to review remote workers space to make sure it's not in a place where client information can be overhead/people can see the screen. My boss is really lax about it and just requires me to unblur for a minute, tops.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

For me it was strictly during onboarding for verifying I-9 documents. I assume it's just to ensure any documents you present aren't getting software blurred.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I work in tech and needed to do this as part of onboarding after receiving an offer. Asking during the interview is a little weird but if they've had problems where their desired candidate didn't have the necessary documents then it makes sense. I wouldn't assume they're wanting to see your house, they're likely just wanting to make sure you won't need H1B sponsorship to get the necessary documents to complete the I-9.