"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
02/09/2016 at 12:05 • Filed to: None
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"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
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A “I survived another meeting that should of been an email” ribbon, because it’s very relevant.
http://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/i-survived-ano…
Ash78, voting early and often
> zeontestpilot
02/09/2016 at 12:10 |
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Oddly, I think we have more of the opposite now — endless, rambling emails that should have been meetings, but people are located in various places and everyone wants CYA, so it all ends up in writing.
What I’ve learned: People don’t read emails past the second sentence.
uofime-2
> Ash78, voting early and often
02/09/2016 at 12:17 |
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Ain’t that the truth. Of course people also don’t listen in meetings either, particularly the teleconference type.
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zeontestpilot
> Ash78, voting early and often
02/09/2016 at 12:19 |
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My current project is global, so I can feel the pain. Though our meetings are insightful, it's just the sheer number of them that get annoying. I just need to phone in to the daily, which is hopefully only 15 minutes long.
One of the projects managers told me not to forward long emails, because people will want to read it, :p.
smobgirl
> zeontestpilot
02/09/2016 at 12:32 |
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My company’s favorite thing now is producing 3 hour training videos when a half page instruction sheet would do. Oh, you've forgotten how to input miscellaneous expenses for reimbursement? That's two hours of nonsense before you get to the relevant info.
Steve in Manhattan
> zeontestpilot
02/09/2016 at 12:32 |
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Some wise person somewhere said that, if one person does more than half the talking, there was no need to meet.
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zeontestpilot
> smobgirl
02/09/2016 at 12:57 |
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Hahaha. I’m suppose to get 40 hours of training in per year. Which isn’t bad, but 24 hrs had to be company approved training, that’s difficult. Searching for Java-related training on the company intranet shouldn’t be a chore, but it is. Funny part is, the company approved stuff isn’t special, it’s just things found on the normal internet that anyone can find and learn. It just has a ‘stamp of approval’ which I have discovered is given out like candy.
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zeontestpilot
> Steve in Manhattan
02/09/2016 at 12:59 |
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Some meetings are learning sessions, but some people learn by physically seeing it, not hearing it. Plus all my meetings are phone convos, which are annoying when I have to sit and listen for an hour or two, :/.
PS9
> zeontestpilot
02/09/2016 at 13:04 |
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OMFukkinG, meetings. My second job was crazy about them, but it was also crazy about productivity. They’d blow away an hour and a half on bullshit then hammer us for not being fast enough at the job. Man, fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk you with that, we could have gotten it done if not for the employee convention you demanded we hold every fucking day!!!!
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zeontestpilot
> PS9
02/09/2016 at 13:15 |
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Haha, I’ll have to remember employee convention.
My meetings are mostly phone. Thankfully, with the agile mindset, daily meetings are suppose to be 15 minutes long, which usually happens.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> zeontestpilot
02/10/2016 at 00:15 |
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I had one boss who was nuts. He would spend all day in them and if you ever had to talk to him you’d always have to schedule before or after normal working hours.
I then had another who hated meetings so instead of getting everybody together it would be 5 x 1hour meetings between 2 people like a shitty version of the game telephone.
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zeontestpilot
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
02/10/2016 at 09:08 |
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I have a personal policy of not working beyond work hours, mainly because i want an end to the workday. I have made exceptions for international calls though.