If I have to put on a full face of makeup for a 15-minute "camera on" stand-up where I don't even speak, I might scream...

I work in tech marketing, and my company has this obsession with "face-to-face connection" (aka mandatory cameras).

It’s just frustrating that for a 9 AM internal call, I have to wake up 40 minutes early to do my concealer, fix my hair, and look "presentable." Meanwhile, half the guys on my team roll out of bed 2 minutes before the call, sitting there in a hoodie, clearly unwashed, with pillow creases still on their faces, and nobody bats an eye.

I’m not asking for a gala, I just want the social permission to look like a potato during the morning brief without people asking "are you tired?" or "are you sick?" No, I just didn't put on mascara today. Let me live.