Having run training I’ve had staff pull out their laptop at the start thinking they’re going to be able to do their work whilst I’m teaching! I have a strict laptops closed rule because frankly it’s incredibly rude. Either attend the training or leave as the tapping whilst I’m talking is so off putting
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Having people in 6-8 meetings a day is a ludicrous waste of time. I would bet actual money that most of those meetings are unnecessary.
I think most meetings are a waste of time.
Totally agree.
Back in the day, I used to run training courses regularly in one company I worked with. I encountered people occasionally who were so important - in their own minds - that they had to keep running out the door to take calls. And expected to be given one to one attention then to catch up on what they missed. Nope. If you're needed sooooo badly in the office, go back there, and attend the training another time. If there's another time.
I never encountered the bringing of laptops, but why anyone would think that acceptable is beyond me. It's the equivalent of the olden days of walking around with a folder or a few sheets of paper, in order to look busy, imo.
It weird isn’t it. I got a complaint once as I said if your work is so important please go and do it but I’m not having you in and out all session taking calls. If you continue I’m not passing you as compliant! Apparently missing half the content was ok and I was just being harsh… I never got a response to my feedback on their complaint 
Meetings about meetings about meetings. When would anyone get some actual work done?
I got singled out as looking bored in one of the internal team meetings and asked if I can look more interested. I have really chronic resting witch face- it’s just likes to rest sometimes. So I said no I can’t, my face is my face.
But afterwards I was genuinely baffled- I’m not the only one who isn’t performing for the camera. I save all of my energy to look all snazzy and animated for my client meetings but for the internal ones we have like 3-4 hours of them a week where the information is just the same thing repeated. I’m not going to sit and pretend I’m hearing the best thing since sliced bread for something internal. How about they’re more efficient with meetings and just have a singular one with information given once? They don’t because it’s like they’re performing something “look at me managing everyone”, “look at me with everything under control”
But afterwards I was genuinely baffled- I’m not the only one who isn’t performing for the camera. I save all of my energy to look all snazzy and animated for my client meetings but for the internal ones we have like 3-4 hours of them a week where the information is just the same thing repeated. I’m not going to sit and pretend I’m hearing the best thing since sliced bread for something internal. How about they’re more efficient with meetings and just have a singular one with information given once? They don’t because it’s like they’re performing something “look at me managing everyone”, “look at me with everything under control”
... I think any meeting taking more than an hour or any more than 6x people is a waste of time. No one is listening after an hour and we don't need 4x reps from one organisation, what's the point of that?
Oh and my pet hate is people taking it upon themselves to invite other people to the meeting - especially annoying if it is on Teams and they are sitting with a load of random people. My record is I invited 1x person and they appeared on Teams at the meeting with 5x unknown people - like who tf are they??
I'm so glad I have like one meeting a year at my work.
Although, my area manager is fond of just ringing me for a chat. Usually when I'm trying to do the job he's ringing me talk about
Although, my area manager is fond of just ringing me for a chat. Usually when I'm trying to do the job he's ringing me talk about
I'm so glad I never have to attend any meetings. They seem so dull.
IMO it's mainly because people ignore emails. My emails are ignored so I can imagine most others are as well. If people would just action their emails 90% of the meetings could go away.
I also think people have meetings if they don’t like the answer they got in an email to try and talk people round.
We had one manager tell us "Well, I know there's a process in place for this task but my employees won't remember to do it. So we need to write a new process to remind them to do the original process". Like, what??? This person also wants me to review a list of over 300 documents every single week to make sure we have the most current version. I said if I did that I wouldn't have any time to do my actual job. They asked FOUR times and every time I said no. Now they called another meeting to ask again. Answer is still NO. JFC
@Naffdoff
Those 'Ladybird Books For Grown-ups' are just hilarious! Whoever thought of reviving them in humour-form was a genius.
My beloved bought me 3 of them as a stocking-filler one year for Xmas and I spent the day reading & rereading them, scream-laughing at some of the content - much to the annoyance of the others who were trying to watch whatever film was on that year.
Honestly, the tears were running down my face.I'll always remember my partner saying: My God, I can't believe it, I actually got something right this year.
Work as a freelancer now but in my last 'proper' place I didn't mind the weekly catch-ups with the immediate team: "What did you do at the weekend?; Your top three priorities for this week?. 30 minutes and crack on.
Town Hall style ones can get into the sea, though. We had one once where the HR Director introduced the CEO and CFO for their updates...
... which they had pre-recorded. She just played their videos
Town Hall style ones can get into the sea, though. We had one once where the HR Director introduced the CEO and CFO for their updates...
... which they had pre-recorded. She just played their videos
Im not catholic but I feel like i need to go to confession; I've spent years keeping the peace on my department . We now have a new team leader who likes to stir the pot, not needed on my department. We are a 3 piece, the other two hate each other. So new leader starting saying rubbish so not only have I stopped sorting things before an argument, I've made arguments. Yes I know im a head but funny! Sick of being in the middle of nonsense.
Asking me a question and then immediately starting to talk at the same time as my answer, talking over me, not listening to my reply and just rushing to the end of the conversation while ranting about barely relevant stuff.
We go through this at least twice before I can get a word in edgewise and even then, they are trying to guess my answer while I'm talking (and guessing wrong) so their brain doesn't catch up to the correct answer quickly, while I'm repeating myself over and over again. I'm so bleeping tired.
We go through this at least twice before I can get a word in edgewise and even then, they are trying to guess my answer while I'm talking (and guessing wrong) so their brain doesn't catch up to the correct answer quickly, while I'm repeating myself over and over again. I'm so bleeping tired.
Emailed my line manager telling them I’d be wfh this week and told them why. He’s on leave anyway, but at least I covered myself.
Text my TL this morning letting them know as I wasn’t feeling 100% and they replied asking what’s wrong. Ffs.
Text my TL this morning letting them know as I wasn’t feeling 100% and they replied asking what’s wrong. Ffs.
In my work they always ask what's wrong and then it'll get repeated to the whole team (with a guess of when the person will be back)!
Like 'Dan's off today cos he hurt his leg playing football at the weekend, so he might be off the rest of the week depending on what the x ray shows'
Or 'Sarah's sister died suddenly of a heart attack so I expect she'll be off for a few weeks'.
Colleagues absolutely do not need that level of detail about why someone is off!