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I put it on my personal calendar, work has no need to know about it.

gcatalfamo 5y ago
You do need them on the same calendar if you need to account for travel distance and time before accepting that last minute meeting.
- KozmoNau7 5y ago
  For those rare cases, it really isn't a problem to look at my work calendar on the work PC and my personal calendar on my phone and do a quick comparison. In general, if I have a personal appointment, I'm not going to forget about it. Just the act of having added it to my calendar is enough to remember it, without having to look at the calendar. I only ever mix personal events into my work calendar if I there is an overlap with my working hours, everything else is none of my workplace's business, I'll polite decline any meeting that conflicts. Besides, last-minute meetings are a sign of bad meeting culture.
mr_mitm 5y ago
But you need to check both calendars when making the appointment. I can see how that's cumbersome, and in fact is one thing I deal with as well. It would be nice if I could sync my work calendar with my personal calendar, but with all details redacted except for begin, end, and perhaps location.
- kroltan 5y ago
  Depending on your software, you can! I know Google Calendar allows you to restrict shared calendars to just time ranges, it'll show up as "not available". Settings > Calendar Settings > Access Permissions > Make Available to Public > on the dropdown, pick "See only free/busy". Now you can share the link with your work calendar and it'll show up as indistinct blocks of time. You can do it both ways, and you'll be able to check your availability for both work-related things and personal things in their own calendar, but contextualized.
  - ghaff 5y ago
    Even my work calendar doesn't share the details of what I'm doing in a busy slot. Not particularly something anyone needs to know. If someone really needs to meet and my calendar looks blocked they can ping me to see if there's anything I can drop or move. It's not really up to them to make the decision (unless I work for them and it's urgent).
- KozmoNau7 5y ago
  Be default, my work calendar is strictly work and my personal calendar is strictly personal. I only duplicate personal events to my work calendar if they overlap with my work hours. Everything outside of work hours goes in my personal calendar only. Aside from the odd appointment at the dentist or doctor's office, I don't have very many appointments that need to show up in both calendars. Work hours are work, everything else is personal and none of my workplace's business.
- jjav 5y ago
  > But you need to check both calendars when making the appointment. If one covers strictly work hours and the personal one is strictly for outside work hours, then no need to check both. Just check the applicable one.

You do need them on the same calendar if you need to account for travel distance and time before accepting that last minute meeting.

KozmoNau7 5y ago
For those rare cases, it really isn't a problem to look at my work calendar on the work PC and my personal calendar on my phone and do a quick comparison. In general, if I have a personal appointment, I'm not going to forget about it. Just the act of having added it to my calendar is enough to remember it, without having to look at the calendar. I only ever mix personal events into my work calendar if I there is an overlap with my working hours, everything else is none of my workplace's business, I'll polite decline any meeting that conflicts. Besides, last-minute meetings are a sign of bad meeting culture.

mr_mitm 5y ago

But you need to check both calendars when making the appointment. I can see how that's cumbersome, and in fact is one thing I deal with as well. It would be nice if I could sync my work calendar with my personal calendar, but with all details redacted except for begin, end, and perhaps location.

kroltan 5y ago
Depending on your software, you can! I know Google Calendar allows you to restrict shared calendars to just time ranges, it'll show up as "not available". Settings > Calendar Settings > Access Permissions > Make Available to Public > on the dropdown, pick "See only free/busy". Now you can share the link with your work calendar and it'll show up as indistinct blocks of time. You can do it both ways, and you'll be able to check your availability for both work-related things and personal things in their own calendar, but contextualized.
- ghaff 5y ago
  Even my work calendar doesn't share the details of what I'm doing in a busy slot. Not particularly something anyone needs to know. If someone really needs to meet and my calendar looks blocked they can ping me to see if there's anything I can drop or move. It's not really up to them to make the decision (unless I work for them and it's urgent).
KozmoNau7 5y ago
Be default, my work calendar is strictly work and my personal calendar is strictly personal. I only duplicate personal events to my work calendar if they overlap with my work hours. Everything outside of work hours goes in my personal calendar only. Aside from the odd appointment at the dentist or doctor's office, I don't have very many appointments that need to show up in both calendars. Work hours are work, everything else is personal and none of my workplace's business.
jjav 5y ago
> But you need to check both calendars when making the appointment. If one covers strictly work hours and the personal one is strictly for outside work hours, then no need to check both. Just check the applicable one.