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It’s not foolproof, but if you want 10-12 to work on something, block your calendar so people don’t see an open spot to drop a meeting into. You might get overr
by orev 5y ago
It’s not foolproof, but if you want 10-12 to work on something, block your calendar so people don’t see an open spot to drop a meeting into. You might get overridden sometimes, but most of the time it will work.
- 123pie123 5y agocompany dependant: almost no-one at my company looks at the calendar when booking a meeting, this has the massive knock on effect of people changing the meeting times sometimes up to the actual start of the meeting - extremely frustrating yes.
- tharkun__ 5y agoYou have to nip these habits in the bud. Might require changing company if it's a well established thing there though. I know when my meetings start in the morning. If someone books a Monday morning meeting with me after I go home for the day Friday they will learn really quickly that I won't see their meeting invite until its too late. Same for any other days.
- cratermoon 5y agoWhat do you use to schedule meetings? I feel like it's basic table stakes for a calendar/scheduling tool to require an explicit override to schedule people for meetings if they have the time blocked already. I hate Outlook/Exchange with a purple passion but at least it gets that right.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoYou know, I've thought about that before and it felt like asking too much, since I don't see anyone else's calendars like that. But I guess that's no reason not to try it. Thanks for the push.
- jasonpeacock 5y agoI have Mon/Tues/Friday blocked like this. If people can't find an open time on Wed/Thurs, or they have to schedule on my blocked days in order to coordinate with others, then they reach out and ask when I'm available. It's a great way to control your time. Also, always ask "can this be an email?" and "what's the agenda & decision that needs to be made for the meeting?".
- maroonblazer 5y agoFWIW, I work at a FAANG company and everyone I know does this.