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I asked each person via DM advance if they were okay with me scheduling these meetings, and people sometimes reschedule or cancel if they're busy that month. I
by autarch 4y ago
I asked each person via DM advance if they were okay with me scheduling these meetings, and people sometimes reschedule or cancel if they're busy that month.
I also try not to pry into their personal life too much if they're not volunteering that information. Like I said, sometimes we just talk about things we've been working on or general tech chat.
- jemmyw 4y agoI personally find scheduled meetings really annoying. I'm just not a schedule kind of person. Imo you've done a good thing but I'd hate it. However, a small tweak would make me like it: schedule it in your calendar to ask me, then ask me when your see me online. It would feel adhoc to me and scheduled to you.
- autarch 4y agoIt's not like this is the only meeting on anyone's calendar. We all have various standups, ticket review, etc. meetings already. If we were a _no-meeting_ company (does that exist?) I would've gone about this differently.
- jemmyw 4y agoWell yes, my company also has plenty of scheduled meetings. But I still don't want a scheduled 1:1 with my colleagues, and we do the adhoc meetings all the time. For all I know, they have a calendar entry "meet with jemmyw today" as long as I don't need to commit to a specific time with them it's all good. Seems like a small thing, but if I see it coming up in the schedule then I don't want to do it.