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"At my annual assessment a few weeks later, my rating went from 'Outstanding performer' to 'Needs to improve.'" I used to think meetings were 'useless' too. Wh

"At my annual assessment a few weeks later, my rating went from 'Outstanding performer' to 'Needs to improve.'" I used to think meetings were 'useless' too. When I got more experience, I actually like them because there are many things that just can't be explained in a slack message. I've had my share of useless meetings, but there are better ways to give hints that a meeting can be shortened/changed/etc. "An opportunity eventually arose to mention the long meetings to a more senior manager, who shared Palmer's concerns and promised to look into it." The person in the story obviously needs to learn more about office politics. I would never complain to my manager's boss about something they did. This is just asking to get fired. I have always made my managers look good to their boss and it's allowed me to keep my job in many layoffs/restructurings.

iugtmkbdfil834 2y ago
<< The person in the story obviously needs to learn more about office politics. I would never complain to my manager's boss about something they did. This is just asking to get fired. I know what you are saying, because I am not exactly politically gifted and had to learn some of those lessons the hard way. I just wish we did not have to. Surely, there is a better way to organize work than playing a political game. And while some might want to channel recent Dimon's thoughts on the matter, I would hesitate to rock the boat too much. Management seems confident AI/recession will put them back in driver's seat. You can feel it in some of the angry quotes over the past few months. We were able to stop RTO at our place so far, but I am sure our execs feel bolder now too. Anyway, Dimon seems to hate pointless meetings too. I think there is some common ground here:D