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I dunno, we used to sit around the first 10 minutes waiting for everybody to show up. Spend time fucking with hooking up to the sound system and projector...wai
by olyjohn 3y ago
I dunno, we used to sit around the first 10 minutes waiting for everybody to show up. Spend time fucking with hooking up to the sound system and projector...wait for all the chatter to quiet down. Talk productively for 10 minutes, spend another 10 chatting on our way out... then two people with more ideas would go off and talk on their way back to the desk, and the rest of the team gets left out of that one.
- drewcoo 3y agoI see almost exactly the same patterns with remote work. Everyone, especially "important people," gradually wander in. This happens even when the meetings are scheduled for 5 after the hour, to try to avoid lollygagging [edit to describe behavior, not people]. There's the small talk. Unlike in-person work, I get weather reports from different places on the planet. There's always the "can you hear me," "your audio is off," "you're breaking up," and "how do I share this on whatever meeting app we're using" time once we're all there. An actual meeting often occurs. We still often run late, just like in-person meetings. A few people will connect more directly, excluding the rest of the group, often not telling us at all until afterward. They tell everyone it's "more effective," just like in-person work, meaning they didn't want anyone else's input. This is just what happens with badly-organized (or unorganized) meetings.