Ok is this right or is it right? In most companies meetings are an important vehicle. They are so common and pervasive in organizations, however, that many take them for granted and forget that, unless properly planned and executed, meetings can be a terrible waste of precious resources.
As I wrote a while back I have a new position at work. The position itself is not that challenging because I did the same type of task on a much larger scale for years at previous companies. The bigger issue is that there are meetings just for the sake of meetings. Since taking this position I spend at least 25 hours each week in meetings, yep that is over half of the time. This has been one of those weeks and it isn’t getting better. I have one hour tomorrow that is not booked with meetings, so much for being productive.
It’s a good thing that I can multi-task and can do real work while sitting in unproductive meetings. Even with that I don’t know if there is anything more frustrating.
As I wrote a while back I have a new position at work. The position itself is not that challenging because I did the same type of task on a much larger scale for years at previous companies. The bigger issue is that there are meetings just for the sake of meetings. Since taking this position I spend at least 25 hours each week in meetings, yep that is over half of the time. This has been one of those weeks and it isn’t getting better. I have one hour tomorrow that is not booked with meetings, so much for being productive.
It’s a good thing that I can multi-task and can do real work while sitting in unproductive meetings. Even with that I don’t know if there is anything more frustrating.
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