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I have been in plenty of corporate meetings where it was abundantly clear that the people talking, exchanging information fundamentally didn't understand each o
by colechristensen 4y ago
I have been in plenty of corporate meetings where it was abundantly clear that the people talking, exchanging information fundamentally didn't understand each other and the meeting was a string of people responding to each other in a way that was at best vaguely related. Because the people talking were "important" nobody wanted to say "I don't understand" and nobody wanted to call out anybody for not understanding.
It was not my job to make people understand each other and it was not at all possible that it was going to be my job, so the only thing to do was to do my best when things were relevant and to nod and smile otherwise. And after not so long leave because long meetings filled with nonsense are a major red flag.
There is a level of learning the dumb corporate language which will help, but focus on keeping people happy with your work and accepting that sometimes people in meetings will go on endlessly without saying anything of substance.