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moxie said:
My old boss was the same... Unless you made it, work on it or own it, you don't need to be in the meeting. The problem we have is that everyone wants face time with the big boss. They want to be like, "Oh, yeah- I was in a meeting with Exec VP and he told me..." Lyin' bech. He told the room to take a break. Now GTFO. I had one group tell me they needed 7 people invited to this meeting with the CFO.

They had a 20 minute presentation slot! :gaah:
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Yeahh... CFOs don’t exactly appreciate being sandbagged. I have too much respect for EAs not getting blasted later, to get pressured to push invites out further when I set the agenda.

I understand what the idea is, being seen by the top brass, but 98% of the time, it’s about streamlining so that our daily 13 meetings are only 30 mins each. With my own staff I always try to add opportunities for them to present at some point, but other departments and external partners don’t have the same discipline.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
I’ll give it them, they made it a hell of a long way before they got caught
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Barbour county is a shit hole other than Eufaula and Bullock isn't anything but woods. One of my mom's good friends lived in Bullock county when I was young and it always amazed me at how little civilization there was around those parts that close to where we lived. (probably an hour or hour 1/2 away)
 
Mofo said:
Yeahh... CFOs don’t exactly appreciate being sandbagged. I have too much respect for EAs not getting blasted later, to get pressured to push invites out further when I set the agenda.

I understand what the idea is, being seen by the top brass, but 98% of the time, it’s about streamlining so that our daily 13 meetings are only 30 mins each. With my own staff I always try to add opportunities for them to present at some point, but other departments and external partners don’t have the same discipline.
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We have a shit ton of meetings. A. METRIC. SHIT. TON. One of the first things new employees (VPs from other Fortune 500's) say is, "Wow. There're A LOT of meetings here." And part of my job is to keep the riff raff out of them, that's why I LOVE outlook's newer option to easily disable forwarding. I used to put, in big red letters on the invite, "DO NOT FORWARD. IF YOU NEED A PARTICIPANT ADDED, CONTACT MOXIE". and if a bitch forwarded it... oh-ho-ho!! I don't get to be the boss of anyone so when a direct command is ignored, I get to bitch out! I'll remove that person that it got forwarded to then email the forwarder with a sassy note and ask, "What is Joe's role in this meeting? Is he a Decision Maker or is this his project? This is a very high-level, targeted meeting. Did you get permission from Big Boss to add Joe? AS PER MY NOTE™, please do not forward invitations from Big Boss unless authorized."

Ohhhhh! I live for the tucked tail responses :pound:
 
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Hu War Yu said:
Why do people insist on talking for 20 minutes before saying "I don't know if that answered your question or not..." ????
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Hu War Yu said:
Yeah, it's a lot easier to interrupt people when you make more money than they do.

I'm on a zoom with over 100 other people, and one of the "experts" was asked a direct question that I thought was pretty straightforward, and she rambled for at least 3-5 minutes before delivering her "I don't know if that answered it" statement. This lead to several other people talking for another 5 minutes each in order to try and clarify.
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Mofo said:
If the call has that many people, it’s already probably a waste of time. My boss refuses to be in any meeting where less than half the attendees don’t present or ask questions. His reasoning is that those who aren’t necessary rarely add anything to discussion, and that “informational” presence can better be gained through distribution of summary / meeting minutes. Meanwhile, of course, he has me accompany him to board meetings “just in case” he gets asked a difficult question he can’t answer quickly.

Who is moderating your meeting?
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moxie said:
My old boss was the same... Unless you made it, work on it or own it, you don't need to be in the meeting. The problem we have is that everyone wants face time with the big boss. They want to be like, "Oh, yeah- I was in a meeting with Exec VP and he told me..." Lyin' bech. He told the room to take a break. Now GTFO. I had one group tell me they needed 7 people invited to this meeting with the CFO.

They had a 20 minute presentation slot! :gaah:
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Hey, corporate drones, what are the latest bullshit buzzwords people are using in presentations?
 
dayum the median household income for a family in Bullock county is 23k lulz
 
moxie said:
We have a shit ton of meetings. A. METRIC. SHIT. TON. One of the first things new employees (VPs from other Fortune 500's) say is, "Wow. There're A LOT of meetings here." And part of my job is to keep the riff raff out of them, that's why I LOVE outlook's newer option to easily disable forwarding. I used to put, in big red letters on the invite, "DO NOT FORWARD. IF YOU NEED A PARTICIPANT ADDED, CONTACT MOXIE". and if a bitch forwarded it... oh-ho-ho!! I don't get to be the boss of anyone so when a direct command is ignored, I get to bitch out! I'll remove that person that it got forwarded to then email the forwarder with a sassy note and ask, "What is Joe's role in this meeting? Is he a Decision Maker or is this his project? This is a very high-level, targeted meeting. Did you get permission from Big Boss to add Joe? AS PER MY NOTE™, please do not forward invitations from Big Boss unless authorized."

Ohhhhh! I live for the tucked tail responses :pound:
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Yeah, again... gotta have respect for the EAs. They’re usually the ones who get blamed.

That said, I have absolutely been the one, at times, sneaks into a meeting being hosted by another department. Usually, I will ask if I can sit-in, using the excuse that a topic momentarily touches upon what we’re doing, and I need to determine if we need an “interdepartmental working group”. Usually, that threat is considered enough that they give in. But other times, I will just butt in and attend anyway when I find out when the meeting is. Rarely (I don’t think it’s ever happened), no internal attendees are higher-ranking than me. And yeah, the EA has let me know it pissed her off- sorry. :rolleyes:
 
Mofo said:
Yeah, again... gotta have respect for the EAs. They’re usually the ones who get blamed.

That said, I have absolutely been the one, at times, sneaks into a meeting being hosted by another department. Usually, I will ask if I can sit-in, using the excuse that a topic momentarily touches upon what we’re doing, and I need to determine if we need an “interdepartmental working group”. Usually, that threat is considered enough that they give in. But other times, I will just butt in and attend anyway when I find out when the meeting is. Rarely (I don’t think it’s ever happened), no internal attendees are higher-ranking than me. And yeah, the EA has let me know it pissed her off- sorry. :rolleyes:
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So, instead of working, you crash meetings posing like you are interested.

Nice scam.
 
Mofo said:
Yeah, again... gotta have respect for the EAs. They’re usually the ones who get blamed.

That said, I have absolutely been the one, at times, sneaks into a meeting being hosted by another department. Usually, I will ask if I can sit-in, using the excuse that a topic momentarily touches upon what we’re doing, and I need to determine if we need an “interdepartmental working group”. Usually, that threat is considered enough that they give in. But other times, I will just butt in and attend anyway when I find out when the meeting is. Rarely (I don’t think it’s ever happened), no internal attendees are higher-ranking than me. And yeah, the EA has let me know it pissed her off- sorry. :rolleyes:
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It's totally fine! I understand stuff happens!






But maybe you'll make the connect when your request for a 1x1 keeps getting cancelled at the last minute because, "a critical conflict landed over your meeting so I've rescheduled to [3 weeks out], please let me know if that doesn't work for you and I can look further out. Thanks!"
 
Dole ver 2.0 said:
Hey, corporate drones, what are the latest bullshit buzzwords people are using in presentations?
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“Core competencies” and “leveraging joint assets” have been making my ears bleed lately.

Why, you looking for a job, Dole?
 
moxie said:
It's totally fine! I understand stuff happens!






But maybe you'll make the connect when your request for a 1x1 keeps getting cancelled at the last minute because, "a critical conflict landed over your meeting so I've rescheduled to [3 weeks out], please let me know if that doesn't work for you and I can look further out. Thanks!"
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Oh no, fuck the 1x1s. There’s no time for that. I just learn when someone goes to lunch or leaves for the day, and just ambush them for a quick question then. In the rare event it needs to take longer than 10 minutes, I just ask for a call. EAs never give a damn about those tactics, and others do it to me all the time.
 
Dole ver 2.0 said:
No need to buy steaks when you can go get squirrels, possums, raccoons, deer and wild pigs.

Plus they sell 'shine on the side.
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Yea that's woods woods there.


@Illustrious Potentate that house I used to go to when I was a kid was very close to the Almeria club of Hank Williams lore if I remember right.
 
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