A meeting about the meetings
It has finally happened. We had a meeting about the number of meetings.
Read the dispatchHumbled to announce
A man I once watched take credit for a junior’s work in real time is “humbled and honoured” on LinkedIn this week.
Read the dispatchExceeds expectations
Appraisal season. My favourite time of year, if you don’t count all the other times.
Read the dispatchHot desk, cold coffee
The office has a new desk booking app, because apparently sitting down now requires software.
Read the dispatchLet’s double-click on that
New quarter, new vocabulary. Today’s meeting was forty minutes and I understood none of it.
Read the dispatchMandatory fun
The away day was today. Attendance optional, in the way that breathing is optional.
Read the dispatchPer my last email
There is a specific type of colleague who asks a question, receives the answer, and then asks it again in a meeting — in front of everyone I report to.
Read the dispatchDiversity for dummies
Called into a meeting on diversity and inclusion this week. Occasionally there’s a meeting about something I’m actually interested in.
Read the dispatchWorking 9 ’til bitch
I am a spicy marg down at this point — so bear with — although it’s not spicy. But whatever.
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