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WTF? Venting might be arguably beneficial in some cases, but in many companies employees don't get to vent in a meeting. Rather, they have to endure demands, c
by eeZah7Ux 7y ago
WTF? Venting might be arguably beneficial in some cases, but in many companies employees don't get to vent in a meeting.
Rather, they have to endure demands, complaints and display of status from management - which is the opposite of therapy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness
One of the reasons of pointless meeting is to keep busy and appear busy - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs
- jka 7y agoThe article is, in part, suggesting that it's exactly those kind of status-conscious people who benefit from 'meeting therapy': "Academics from the University of Malmo in Sweden say meetings provide an outlet for people at work to show off their status or to express frustration." But yep, that might not be ideal for a participant who would prefer to be making progress on something else. I've seen a bunch of tech companies start to suggest to employees that they can and should leave meetings if they don't feel like their presence is important.
- eeZah7Ux 7y ago"outlet for people at work" hints that benefits everybody, or the majority. "outlet for management" sounds quite different.
- jka 7y agoYep; I'd imagine that's an intentional distinction by the author. Some people might act this way regardless of whether they move between a management or individual contributor role.
- BurningFrog 7y agoSounds like the management - who are also employees - are the ones who get to vent.
- abawany 7y agoIn fact one of the easiest way to get disinvited from such meetings and get a less-good performance review next time around is to make a bit of noise about the utility of such meetings (edit: from my personal/anecdotal experience). Serendipity is good.