Cats, PJs, alien eyes unwelcome as work video calling boom prompts new etiquette

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Andre Hilden, a data architecture consultant in Oakland, California, missed a memo from his company last week requiring employees to use video conferencing for all meetings while working from home.“I wasn’t showered. I wasn’t shaved. I was dressed, fortunately. And my cat was on top of me,” Hilden said. He later saw new rules set out in the memo banned pets at the virtual meetings. With large swaths of employees in the U.S. starting to work from home to help..