Method for collecting and sharing live video feeds of employees within a distributed workforce

A method comprising:

• accessing a set of employee video feeds from a set of cameras coupled to employee computing devices executing instances of an employee portal;
• accessing a manager video feed from a manager camera coupled to a manager computing device executing an instance of a manager portal;
• distributing a first subset of employee video feeds to a first instance of the employee portal executing on a first employee computing device associated with a first employee, the first subset of employee video feeds comprising a second employee video feed of a second employee and a third employee video feed of a third employee;
• distributing a second subset of employee video feeds to a second instance of the employee portal executing on a second employee computing device associated with a second employee, the second subset of employee video feeds comprising a first employee video feed of the first employee and the third employee video feed of the third employee;
• distributing the manager video feed to the first instance of the employee portal and the second instance of the employee portal;
• distributing the set of employee video feeds to the instance of the manager portal;
• in response to initiation of a recess for the first employee:
• disabling the first employee video feed of the first employee;
• replacing the first employee video feed with a recess icon in the second instance of the employee portal and the instance of the manager portal;
• initiating a timer for the recess based on a type of the recess;
• and
• in response to expiration of the timer, reactivating the first employee video feed in the second instance of the employee portal and the instance of the manager portal.