We’ve all been there: midway through a video call, the audio freezes. Faces stop moving. A moment later, the dreaded message appears: Your connection is unstable.
For years, those glitches have been shrugged off as an unavoidable reality of remote work. But according to Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, that grace period is officially over.
More than five years after the pandemic pushed millions of workers onto Zoom calls, “Mr. Wonderful” now said spotty internet is no longer an inconvenience—it’s a red flag, especially for someone looking for a job.
“In a hybrid world, your internet connection tells me everything,” O’Leary said on Instagram.
“If your audio cuts out, your video freezes, or you don’t care enough to fix it…you’re telling me you’re not serious about business,” the 71-year-old added. “That résumé goes straight in the garbage.”
