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Unfortunately its very difficult to act unilaterally, for most people just not showing up to meetings is a good way to ensure you will never get a promotion, or

by throwaway2048 7y ago

Unfortunately its very difficult to act unilaterally, for most people just not showing up to meetings is a good way to ensure you will never get a promotion, or worse, receive a "performance improvement plan" aka we are documenting a case to fire you with cause. Nobody applauds your productivity gains, they just think of you as a smug jerk that thinks your time is worth more than anyone else's. Same thing with leaving at 5pm sharp in many businesses, it doesn't matter if you outperform the rest of the office combined, you WILL be singled out and delt with.

tehlike 7y ago
My case is a bit easier, as I was working in advertising, and it is easy to quantify the impact - which is kind of the point in the article (quantifying negative impact of a meeting, for example). Depending on your manager, they will also fight for reducing meetings to necessities only, and find ways to work more in harmony (for lack of a better word) instead of the relatively forced nature of meetings. For most solid engineers, 10 minutes chatting on IM/in person every now and then is more productive then weekly forced meetings (where everyone stares at their laptop). We came up with plenty of improvements where I pinged someone or they pinged me, and it was done soon after. Everyone knew their responsibility, and they did not hesitate to ask for help where they needed. However, your point does sound plausible, and very likely. When everyone is fine with status quo, the one that challenges it can be singled out.
inlined 7y ago
FTA this company docks you currency for staying late.
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tarsinge 7y ago
I agree with you if you naively do that isolated, but if you play the political game you can get more value for your productivity (like becoming an ambitious manager’s secret asset and then riding on their promotion and just having they back you up when you skip a meeting)
- tehlike 7y ago
  That one i never could manage to do. I had often conflicted with my manager.

tehlike 7y ago

My case is a bit easier, as I was working in advertising, and it is easy to quantify the impact - which is kind of the point in the article (quantifying negative impact of a meeting, for example). Depending on your manager, they will also fight for reducing meetings to necessities only, and find ways to work more in harmony (for lack of a better word) instead of the relatively forced nature of meetings. For most solid engineers, 10 minutes chatting on IM/in person every now and then is more productive then weekly forced meetings (where everyone stares at their laptop). We came up with plenty of improvements where I pinged someone or they pinged me, and it was done soon after. Everyone knew their responsibility, and they did not hesitate to ask for help where they needed. However, your point does sound plausible, and very likely. When everyone is fine with status quo, the one that challenges it can be singled out.

inlined 7y ago

FTA this company docks you currency for staying late.

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tarsinge 7y ago

I agree with you if you naively do that isolated, but if you play the political game you can get more value for your productivity (like becoming an ambitious manager’s secret asset and then riding on their promotion and just having they back you up when you skip a meeting)

tehlike 7y ago
That one i never could manage to do. I had often conflicted with my manager.