Post #3724873

2026-07-10 20:09 UTC

I don't know what to do about the volume of meetings. I'm supposed to be doing nuts-and-bolts work, but my calendar keeps getting crammed with meetings. Like, I'm down to one or two 'two hour blocks' a week sometimes. I haven't showered or eaten and it's the end of the day. I'm peopled-out from work and have an overflowing to-do list to end my week. Is this just How It Is? Are modern jobs just sort of an eternal daily ritual of meetings? I want to actually do work, not talk about work that needs doing.

Replies (3)

@FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange 2026-07-10 20:47

@DarcMoughty@infosec.exchange Just... don't go. Do you actually need to be in them?

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@bloognoo@retro.pizza 2026-07-10 20:17

@DarcMoughty@infosec.exchange The company i work for burns the meeting schedule twice a year and frowns upon anything over an hour, and anything daily. Most of our management are coding on live projects too so it frees them up to suppport the people and teams that need it. Recommend the slash and butn to your bosses as a free productivity booster and money saver. Any middle manager reinstating huge meeting blocks is obvious and can be dropped down a stairwell

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@USBTypeSteve@infosec.exchange 2026-07-10 20:35

@DarcMoughty@infosec.exchange Unsure if you are in a position where you have sway to do this, but put fake meetings on your calendar to allocate for recovery/work-on-your-own time,, decline invites to things that make no sense (or reply with persnickety "explain precisely why I should be in this meeting"). At my place we encourage pushing back on stupid meetings that waste our time, and shaming the organizer if their meeting is poorly constructed.

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