1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,080 Speaker 1: Welcome to another distion. 2 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 2: I tell you, so, do you think that it's okay 3 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 2: for a remote job to ask an employee for a 4 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 2: full video of their workspace that they have at home? 5 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 2: So whatever home office setup that they've got, they want 6 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,480 Speaker 2: video of it, so that I guess some third party 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 2: vendor can do a safety assessment. Basically, that sounds like 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 2: a crock right, I think so too. 9 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: Your home is your home, Yes, yeah, what are they 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: looking for? Honestly? What's you have to look at something 11 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: like that? Then you wonder what's behind that? 12 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,319 Speaker 2: Yeah? You know what I mean, Like, what are they 13 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 2: What could they gain from that? Because you know that 14 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 2: there's something that they must be able to gain from it. 15 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: Right, Because everybody's home office probably looks a little like 16 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: my home office. I have bills laying around, I have 17 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: like taxes or something, you know, I mean private stuff. 18 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's my home. 19 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: You don't have two offices at home. I mean I don't. 20 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: This is my workspace out where by boss. That's essentially 21 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: like your boss coming into your house and looking around 22 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: your house to see if it's yeah for the business 23 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: in which you're. 24 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 2: Operating, Yeah, no, thank you. 25 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,680 Speaker 1: What I got to know the reason, What's what's up 26 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: with that? There's there's some other motive there. 27 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 2: So this is this comes up because we've got Mitch. 28 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 2: He's been working remote for about two years with this 29 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 2: company that he's with and I don't know which company 30 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 2: company it is, but he's had no issues except for now. Recently, 31 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 2: his company suddenly wants to do this live video tour 32 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 2: of his home workspace. They don't want just a desk photo. 33 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 2: They want him to show the whole room on camera 34 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,759 Speaker 2: so that they can do things like check lighting outlets 35 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 2: and that it's a dedicated work area. But the problem 36 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 2: is he lives in a one bedroom apartment and his 37 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: setup is basically in the corner, and so he feels 38 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 2: like it's the total invasion of privacy, but it doesn't 39 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 2: interfere with his work. 40 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: Is he a machinist where he has no like his 41 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: companies you know machinist machines. 42 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: He's machining, he's not all. He's just someone. It's him 43 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 2: and a laptop and that's pretty much. 44 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: It's not their responsibility. The safety is that's the apartment 45 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: that he rents or that's the home that he chose 46 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: to live in. Right, everything you know what I mean. 47 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: Is it a computer that is loaned from his office 48 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 1: that needs a specific power supply that your home may 49 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: not be able to provide otherwise it could blow up. 50 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 2: I don't think so. 51 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: I don't think so either. No, there's something else behind it. 52 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 2: I don't know. 53 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: Nobody go through this. Yeah, talk back in the iHeartRadio app. 54 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 2: I'd love to know, especially with so many people working 55 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 2: remote now, if anyone has gone through this, because I've 56 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: never really heard of it, and I cannot figure out 57 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 2: why they would need that. I feel like it would 58 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 2: be different if he had some job where maybe he 59 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 2: was preparing food for people. I guess, I don't know 60 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: who what job that would be that you're doing that 61 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 2: at home, but or making something on a machine where 62 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 2: there's like safety issues, I guess that would sort of make. 63 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: Some And the food thing is that you are really 64 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: you're like a sleuth. 65 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 2: Thank you. 66 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: No, that's like that I could see. But there's no 67 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 1: way ever you would ever be able to do something 68 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: like that from home unless it's your own business because 69 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: the state, Yeah, the state has to come in and 70 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: look at you know, they could come in for an inspection. Well, 71 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: so then they would have the state come in for 72 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: an inspection. They wouldn't just take a video. 73 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 2: Well, people can correct me if I'm wrong, but I 74 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 2: think that if you have a cottage license, you can 75 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 2: make things like bread or jams or jellies or whatever 76 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 2: it is, and muffins and you can sell them from 77 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 2: your home and you don't necessarily need to have an inspection. 78 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: Okay, but that's you doing it, though, that's you doing it. Yeah, 79 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: it's somebody else. But this guy's not Mitch. Yes, is 80 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: not making food. He's just got an office at home 81 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: and he's doing like a lot of other people. Do 82 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: they work sales or whatever. He has a laptop yep, 83 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: and he has probably a picture of you know, his 84 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: family over here and something over there. 85 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: Yes, I mean I. 86 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: Wonder are they looking at it, like in case he's 87 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: on zoom calls. I don't know, right, And then like 88 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: I just want to see what's in the background, see 89 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: if it's professional or do they have a picture, you know, 90 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: like that old picture of the girl in the bikini 91 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: behind him upon the wall of me. Maybe that wild 92 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: look good, but that doesn't require a full pan of 93 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: the office space. 94 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 2: Well, and plus, when it comes to video, calls. Most 95 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 2: people blur out the background anyway, so you can't see anything. 96 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: I don't. I like my background right there. I also 97 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: don't know how to do that. 98 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 2: I think you just don't know how to do it. 99 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 1: Actually I do know how to do that, but I 100 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: don't blur it out because I feel like I'm hiding something. 101 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: People ask what that thing is behind me too? It's 102 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: a topiary. It's from our wedding we made. We personally 103 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: handmade all these topieries, and like one survived and it's 104 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: this like styrofoam ball thing. It's a topiary with this 105 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: fake vine shoved up its backside and kind of shoved 106 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: into a vase and then it's gotting like leafy things 107 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: on it. And people are like, what's that thing? Looks 108 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: like a small child behind you, stuffed in the cabinet, 109 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: and it does. It looks kind of like a but 110 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: it's a topiary. I even had a friend of mine go, 111 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: but you never knew what that word was until you're 112 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: getting married. I go, I didn't. I never heard of 113 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: a topieri by life. My wife is like, we're making 114 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: topieris like, okay, so we made I don't know three 115 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: hundred topieris or something, and that one lived. Yeah, the 116 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: rest of them, I don't know. I think we said 117 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: take the topierris home. 118 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 2: That's awesome. 119 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: I'd have no reason for my boss to come into 120 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: my house, either virtually or physically and look around my work, 121 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: my workspace. So there's got to be somebody on talkback 122 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: or somebody listening that knows what's the real intent here? 123 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 1: And did anybody ever have to go through this? 124 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 2: But yeah, I just don't understand it. And then my 125 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 2: other question is should he do it or should he 126 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 2: just I don't know. If he's not comfortable with it, 127 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 2: should he just say no? I don't know. If he 128 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 2: has to to keep his job. 129 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: What sounds like it otherwise, you know, it's one of 130 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: those things they probably find somebody. It's like if you 131 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 1: don't do it, if it's some kind of mandate like that, Yeah, 132 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 1: and you don't do it, they find a way to 133 00:05:52,360 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: lose you. Right, here's one thank you. 134 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 3: About the gentleman working from home, and the company can 135 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 3: do that because if he is clocked in on their time, 136 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 3: so therefore his safety is their responsibility. It's just like 137 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 3: if you don't clock out at lunch and you get 138 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 3: in a car accident, you can technically get the company 139 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 3: that you work for in trouble because you were on 140 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 3: their time. Have a great day, you guys. 141 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 4: Is my country really? 142 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 2: Is that true? 143 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: Oh? She says, I mean, I've never heard of that. 144 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: You can go to lunch. I'm going to lunch today 145 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: in the building. Yeah, I'm gonna go trip on Lynd's 146 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 1: piano downstairs in the a tree. Oh my gosh, I 147 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: don't I'm paid. What Well, it's a hazard? Can't It 148 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: can't be right. 149 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 2: Everywhere because what about what if when we're driving to 150 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 2: events or something? 151 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: There is something to that though, is there? Well, there 152 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: used to be, well if you're in a station vehicle. 153 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 2: But if you're in your own vehicle, I don't know. 154 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 4: Listen, good morning. My guess is they want the video 155 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 4: to assess for safety because somebody who works remote got hurt, 156 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 4: probably walking on their treadmill while they're working and trying 157 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 4: to claim workmen's comp and having a treadmill or one 158 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 4: of those walking pads is a safety hazard, so they're 159 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 4: probably assessing for that. Okay, have a good morning. 160 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: So you can't go to lunch and you can't work out, 161 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: that's that's a good point. That's a great point. I mean, 162 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: I still don't know. I mean, I don't I think 163 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: it depends. This sounds like something so particular with the company. 164 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if that works for everybody. I have 165 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: a treadmill at home. 166 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of people are using a treadmill while 167 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 2: they're working. I think it's kind of genius. 168 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: I couldn't do that because I'd like him. I like 169 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: him making love on the air or something. 170 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 2: Do you know what I mean? 171 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: Take a college twenty two, you know. 172 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 2: I mean no, it's it's different with our format because 173 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 2: there's audio involved. 174 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: Thanks for telling me. Yeah, I was getting all excited 175 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: about working out from home on a treadmill the microphone. 176 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: Is there still that random walking pad laying around the 177 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 2: office around here? 178 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 4: Yeah? 179 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 2: Remember there was that one there. 180 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: We had a full on treadmill around here. I know 181 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: that when what well that was? That was over in 182 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: the down by the sales area. Really it's a full 183 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: on treadmill. Absolutely. We also had a full on basketball thing. 184 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: The basketball shooting thing is still down there too. We 185 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: could be shooting hoops on a treadmill. I'll shoot the hoops, 186 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: you be on the treadmill. We'll do a show, will 187 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:32,679 Speaker 1: be in the shape of our lives. Let's do it 188 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: all right, talk back in the iHeartRadio app if you 189 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: have any thoughts on that. Somebody's basically wanting to virtually 190 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: go into someone's home and look at their workspace, their 191 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: boss and scan the entire workspace to their office or whatever. 192 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: And this guy's in a one bedroom apartment and what 193 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: is the real reason behind that. I mean, it's got 194 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: to be something, so they're trying to avoid some litigious 195 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 1: situation something, right, Yeah, thank you for listening to this 196 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: episode out I tell you you'll find more on the 197 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app. But anywhere you get your podcast, please rate, review, subscribe, 198 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: download chair and like. Thank you.