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@Seagoon_ My boss (this is not the "manager") insists on having a team meeting every Friday afternoon.
She insists on having another one first thing Monday morning.
Are these meetings happening so we can talk about what we're working on?
Well, not really. That's what the Wednesday meeting is for.
No, I'm now 99% sure the whole point of the Friday meeting is so she can tell everyone how much fun she will have skiing or bushwalking this weekend.
And the Monday one? That's to force people to listen to how much fun she had skiing or bushwalking this weekend.
Its an evil plan to ensure that no one chucks a sickie on Monday or leaves early on Friday. So these meetings might not accomplish anything worthwhile workwise, but improve her management statistics for absenteeism ... I would take my laptop into the meeting and just get on with my job, ignoring her non-work related stuffing around. If she objects, tell her (and her manager/boss) you're sick of her wasting your valuable and expensive time on nothing.
I just ... don't go.
Or, I'll happily walk out of a meeting "I'm not adding value, here".
I already have more work than I can physically do. There's no way I have time to sit around through something like that.
Love it when the people we work with use their coworkers as their audience /s big main character syndrome vibes
had a manager like this, drove me nuts!
On the Monday you have to one up her even if it's a lie.
@CEOofmyhouse56 Haha I like your thinking!
Any ideas on what I should say? I'm open to suggestions ๐
Helicopter ride, pub raffle, saw a snake, rescued a puppy.
Take an exciting weekend you've once had and give it a little embellishment.
Also the more your boss talks on a Monday the less work you do!
Rescued a puppy from a snake using the helicopter you won in a pub raffle ๐ฅ
Stretch it out a bit more with a few facial expressions and bang you've got yourself a great story.