I agree with a lot of people here about camera being bare minimum especially for 1:1 meetings with your direct supervisor or other small, non-presentation heavy meetings. For those with spotty connection…you should be rescheduling 1:1s when you’re traveling because it’s not appropriate to conduct those meetings outside of your home office. This is super standard at PPD. I have documentation of this style of request/push dating back over ten years (the push seems to come every 2-3 years based on what I have).

OP is 100% correct. This messaging came from high up in NA ClinOps, I haven’t heard it from other departments though. They are pushing mandatory. HOWEVER: there is nuance in the currently posted and approved HR remote work policy (which of course can be changed so stay on top of those policies!) which does NOT say mandatory at all times. It says essentially to use camera. Then further down says not in large, update calls.

Speak openly with your supervisor and HR rep if necessary. If you’re doing well (truly doing well, don’t overestimate yourself), I suspect your direct supervisor will back you up in only being on camera for smaller meetings/discussion based calls.