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"Maker Days" sound like a great idea but they don't fit every company. At my place the eng department is far from the biggest team and we do a lot of cross-team
by peruvian 6y ago
"Maker Days" sound like a great idea but they don't fit every company. At my place the eng department is far from the biggest team and we do a lot of cross-team work. No way the rest of the company (who do most of their work via meetings... somehow) would agree to have a day with no meetings at all.
- kjaftaedi 6y agojust block your calendar ahead of time. they can't book a meeting if you're not available.
- ninkendo 6y agoThey can and they do.
- crazygringo 6y agoThat's... not true. It's often impossible to schedule a meeting with 5 people where there is a no-conflict time for anyone. The person scheduling (ideally) looks at people's calendars, guesses which meetings a person will be able to move (20-person OKR review no, 1-1 with peer yes), and tries to schedule at a time like that. So yes, anywhere I've worked, blocking your calendar doesn't magically get you out of meetings.
- shard 6y agoEspecially with distributed teams. When you try to have meetings with Europe and Asia at the same time, there's only a small window available that fits two of the groups (which every other meeting is fighting for), and the third group is going to have to suffer a midnight meeting. So meetings are scheduled with the time where most people can attend.