A marketing professional from Nashville, Tennessee, found himself in a surprising HR meeting after his 5-year-old daughter briefly appeared on camera during a work video call.
Wes Finley had been juggling a new role as the head of marketing with family responsibilities, but was stunned when he was pulled aside by his company’s human resources after the incident, which he described in a Reddit post that has since gained viral attention.
In his post, Finley explained that his wife was out of town at the time of the meeting. “I gave my 5-year-old daughter a tablet and let her sit in the office while I took the 8:30 p.m. call,” he wrote. “At one point she got up and momentarily peered over my shoulder. It didn’t cause a disturbance and I wasn’t even embarrassed. These things happen, right?”
But on Friday, Finley received an unexpected call from HR. According to him, the CEO was displeased that his child …