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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)

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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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[-] invertedspear@lemm.ee 29 points 4 months ago

I’m not sure what was going on, but a clear background can tell you a lot about a person. I’ve had a few interviewees that applied for US work with no sponsorship turn out to be not already in the US. Pretty sure they were trying to fake it long enough to get us to agree to sponsorship, or overlook the fact they weren’t in the US. The interviewees were both caught because of details in the background during the interview process. Weather and time of day outside the windows not matching where they claimed to live was one, the other was architecture that would be very atypical in a US home.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

Excuse me sir. I can’t help but notice the Eiffel Tower out your window. Are you sure you’re calling from the US?

[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Reporting from Las Vegas, babyyy
*spins a roulette *

[-] Roopappy@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

People are downvoting you, but you're correct. I don't work a particularly sensitive or interesting tech job, but we've had 2 candidates in the last year who were faking who/where they were. One had other people in the room feeding them answers. I'd expect weirdness in remote interviews as companies figure out how to navigate this.

[-] buzz86us@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I guess they'll have to get a shipping container office

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

Based on the condensation on that wall back there, I’m guessing he’s in the Port of Los Angeles right now sir.

Sorry I’m just cracking up at the idea of sensitive state secret-involving location-based jobs using people’s work surroundings as the criterion for confirming they’re not a foreign actor.

Like if that’s the level of security we’re putting on our state secrete we are fucked.

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