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I found out early on on that meetings are much less fatiguing if I’m not looking at the web meeting app at all i.e. I have some document/code on my screen inste
by beermonster 5y ago
I found out early on on that meetings are much less fatiguing if I’m not looking at the web meeting app at all i.e. I have some document/code on my screen instead. If there is screen sharing involved so I have to look a the web meeting screen, I go full screen and minimise all their video streams which a) gets me more screen real estate, b) means it effectively becomes an audio only meeting at that point.
We used to have a shortage of meeting rooms when having them physically and locally. This was great as it meant they naturally spread out over the week. Nowadays folk think they can get you to hop on a virtual meeting room in minutes regardless of what you’re doing.
I’m very good at declining meetings where I think I’ll not be offering much value giving a reason why. I find quite often people want me in because they think I’ll enjoy it, or don’t want me out of the loop. They can summarise after by email if that’s all they want.
- vladvasiliu 5y ago> They can summarise after by email if that’s all they want. I sometimes get the feeling that, for some people, not having to write that (or any) email is the whole point of having people in meetings.
- zimpenfish 5y ago> for some people, not having to write that (or any) email is the whole point of having people in meetings Which can lead to some annoying problems where, for example, you might have several meetings where people harangue you for wanting things done in way X but then find out after you've spent two weeks doing things in way Y that they actually conceded on way X after those things but no-one bothered to write it down or communicate it in any way. (Not that this was a one-off; the whole company had a culture of meetings without notes or any kind of documentation.)