I'm 99% certain I lost a job I was really interested in, because my internet was experiencing service degradation during the video interview and it was affecting my stream.

Well yeah they're haunted.

Yeah, I believe it. People negatively judge on anything.

We shouldn't even need video. It's just a waste of bandwidth unless you are showing some slides for a presentation or something.

Is this a surprise though?

How am I supposed to feel about my coworker who has a broken headset and I only hear about 75% of what he says, (because it cuts out), and that his absolutely terrible microphone has me listening to him heavy breathing.

He could put in a free ticket to get a free headset, or just make everyone's life more difficult every single time they interact with him.

Or about my "wfh" coworker that is always 100% of the time in a car, or a loud af coffee shop so I have to repeat myself many times during, and after the meeting because they weren't paying attention.

The "glitches" if they are constant are a priorities issue not a freak occurrence.

Do people stare at the faces when in a work call and notice glitches? What information are you getting from that? I've always mainly looked at the presenter's screen share and/or other windows on my own screen because that's where the problem and information being discussed are.

"Video" calls? I regularly talk shit to my mother when her flip phone cuts out. She used to yell at me for putting her on speaker (because it degraded the quality of the call to her ears) until I got an iPhone, then it magically stopped being an issue (better microphones)? Now I put her on speakerphone on my MacBook. She doesn't even notice, and has said it makes me sound clearer. Like seriously, get a smartphone (you can even put it in zoom/old person mode, both Apple and Samsung are real good for that), and pair it to a good speaker with good mics and noise cancellation (or AirPods Pro or Galaxy Buds Pro or the Pixel ones) and it's like you're in the same room.

But yeah, it sucks to be thought of in a negative light because your tech isn't working at its best.