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Because it saves everyone time. If you have things to do that are not meetings you can block off your calendar. It is a tool to solve scheduling challenges. Not
by etempleton 4y ago
Because it saves everyone time. If you have things to do that are not meetings you can block off your calendar. It is a tool to solve scheduling challenges. Not using it is a choice, but it creates operational inefficiency.
- blululu 4y agoIt can save time but not always. An overzealous pm can really burn a lot of people’s time by over scheduling. The extra cost of setting up a meeting discourages pointless checkins and recurring meetings. I personally like being able to quickly coordinate with a calendar, but it’s important to not abuse that power.
- namdnay 4y agoJust don’t accept the meetings. Or even better talk to the offender and explain why you won’t be going. A bit of communication is a small price to pay for the upsides of easy scheduling
- sokoloff 4y agoThere are many things that I have to do that I would shift around fluidly to accommodate an important meeting but not for a random, time-wasting meeting. If I have a 1-4 window open and you have a time-wasting but unavoidable meeting, I’m going to try hard to get it into a 30 minute slot on some other day, or to put right at 1 instead of smack in the middle.
- namdnay 4y agoIn most calendar systems (including MSFT and Google) , meetings aren’t autoaccepted even if you’re available. You choose to accept each one
- throw_pm23 4y agoOK, then just assume that I used the system and didn't accept any meeting.