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Comment by rphv | Hacker News Reader

"Zoom fatigue" seems like a small price to pay for the ability to work remotely.

You can still enable remote work while putting guard rails around the need for video conferencing due to the cognitive load and emotional drain it clearly causes.

I think I have only been on camera 3 or 4 times since 2020.

The value has always been in the audio or what someone is sharing on their screen.

Video is mostly a distraction. If it is my meeting then video is going to be disabled for everyone.

My experience is that the people who love video is highly correlated with people who love useless meetings.

> My experience is that the people who love video is highly correlated with people who love useless meetings.

Strong agree. If you want your video on, I am cool with that. If you want it off, also cool. If you're not present, I'm going to know either way, but I want you to be comfortable while we work together. I care about the output and outcomes, not the control. n=1, ymmv, etc.

As a big advocate of remote work, over the years I'm coming to agree with this less and less. Done well, remote work is great. Done poorly, it's killing me. It often saps me of energy even more than office work did somehow.

Commuting seems like a small price to pay for the ability to have productive working sessions with my colleagues.

On days at the office I get less done in terms of 'amount of work' but it feels more satisfying than remote, because it gives the feeling of better understanding situations and being able to do the right thing at the right moment.

As someone that got rear ended on my way home from work and had my car totaled a few months ago, I disagree haha

That depends on the specifics of the commute.

Isnt this still an issue without remote work.

Im not sure I ever had a meeting with everyone in the same room.

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