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This. Most bigger corporate meetings could have been an email with some bulletpoints on top with most important things everyone must know, and later then detai
by globalreset 4y ago
This.
Most bigger corporate meetings could have been an email with some bulletpoints on top with most important things everyone must know, and later then details for people that are interested.
But if it wasn't a meeting, where else would the management get a change to flex, pat their backs, do some ritual sucking up and self promoting and generally justify their existence?
OP: Just focus on your real work and responsibilities, ignore the corporate meetings as much as you can get away with. Unless you want to join management, in which case you have to start clapping loudly and play the game.
- mmcnl 4y agoThe fact that you're talking about "management" as some separate evil entity and not you coworkers who just want to help you and live their lives happily ever after, in the same way as you do, tells me a lot.
- corrral 4y agoTells me the poster has work experience.
- yesenadam 4y agoPlease spell out for us the lot it tells you, instead of just ominously hinting.
- mmcnl 4y agoSorry about that. Non-technical coworkers are just people with probably the same goal as you. Talking about management in this specific way tells me that they see their management coworkers as enemies, and not as equals. I don't think that's healthy.
- globalreset 4y ago> Talking about management in this specific way tells me that they see their management coworkers as enemies, and not as equals. How am I being a jerk here, pointing out the obvious truths. I don't treat other people as enemies. I'm just speaking my mind about systemic problems. I don't book company wide meetings that are (semi-)mandatory and waste thousands of person-hour of work time for the company, just because I enjoy it and am in position that can do it. I try to be mindful about the communication I initiate and treat other's people time with respect. I write TL;DR in my emails and optimize for groups performance, not just my own self-interest. The thing you should deduce from what I wrote is that instead of being self-optimizing stupid/naive/cynical person, I actually (possibly irrationally) care about my craft and efficiency of the group I belong to, and can do my own critical thinking, instead of accepting status quo uncritically.
- yesenadam 4y agoThank you!
- anigbrowl 4y agoSome managers are just team members with organizational skills, they're great. Others are ladder-climbers who use bullying and economic force to advance. The more hierarchical an organization,the more likely you are to find the latter type.