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.
If the blurring is happening to her I9 info, like her driver’s license, yeah they’ll ask to unblur. Especially on Zoom… Zoom will see the image on the ID, focus on it, and blur the rest of the ID. I had to do the same thing.
Oooh that’s a good point. Never thought of that.
That would be fair, but the stated reason was to look at her background.
I re-read your post, yeah that’s a bit strange. A lot of times, when I had worked remote, I would take my laptop and chill outside to do my work. A lot of the meetings I got into wasn’t even indoors. You’d think they’d maybe ask during the interview process? Rather than after getting the job offer.
Nonetheless, HR fkin sucks. I’ve been burned just once by HR and that’s all it took to realize HR is never to be trusted.
Have they not got emails where you live?
When you present your ID, they want to see it live, like you’re in person. They want to confirm it’s an actual ID card, not some photoshop junk. It’s also why they will ask you to flip the card around so they can verify that it looks like a typical state issued ID. Very easy to trick others with photoshopped documents - so I doubt they would ever ask for your I9 forms via email. Especially since most people don’t have encrypted / secured email.
Oh. Where I live you just send a photo taken on your phone by email. It’s only so they can say they’ve asked for proof you’re allowed to work here after all.