Alpo Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 He's posted comments about meetings he's had over the years. 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 23 Share Posted October 23 Way too many. And that mug hits the nail on the head. Thank you. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 OH how I can relate! And the Best" part: if you're part of the "IN CROWD"? Well, it works like this: As Chairman, I send a memo to your boss telling them what a great job you do on the committee and how your input is greatly valued and appreciated. YOU send a memo to my boss saying what a great job I do as Chairman, or leader of the group! It all goes on our personnel files for year end bonuses or for future promotions. AND, the best part? You do nothing and accomplish nothing as a result of the meetings. Ask me how I know!! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 I spent literally years of a long corporate career in meetings. To this day, I cannot recall that anything changed after. I have decided, my meeting Tank is full. No More. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 How often have you had a meeting once a week simply because it had been a week since you'd had one and someone wanted to express his authority? I had a few women bosses and they weren't afflicted with this urge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 in the past i would have related but been retired just long enough to say ive almost forgotten , 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 (edited) 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I had a few women bosses and they weren't afflicted with this urge. I had one many years ago that did. She, having never driven a truck, nor having ever been on my route, decided to change the whole thing to try to save me time, and the company overtime. She told me that if I wouldn't do it her way I could find someplace else to work. So I did. The guy she hired to replace me lasted three weeks. He quit and she got fired for gross mismanagement. They hire me back at a significant pay raise. Which worked out well because the job I'd taken hadn't worked out for me. (But THEY didn't know that!) When the worst boss I've ever worked for came along, HE liked to have meetings. He insisted that I participate. I told him that I didn't have time. I had deliveries to make. He said to do them later. I told him that he could explain to HIS boss why my overtime was going up. I didn't have to stay for meetings very often. Edited October 24 by Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pat Riot Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 9 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: OH how I can relate! And the Best" part: if you're part of the "IN CROWD"? Well, it works like this: As Chairman, I send a memo to your boss telling them what a great job you do on the committee and how your input is greatly valued and appreciated. YOU send a memo to my boss saying what a great job I do as Chairman, or leader of the group! It all goes on our personnel files for year end bonuses or for future promotions. AND, the best part? You do nothing and accomplish nothing as a result of the meetings. Ask me how I know!! Absolutely agree. I used to tell people in my line of work that I am a very good Lieutenant (think Navy, not Army). I had no desire to go to inane meetings held by inane staff regarding inane subjects. I worked in public transit on light rail trains and commuter trains. I am, no, was very good at what I did. Also, I have a terrible habit of telling people what they need to hear not what they want to hear and I had no problem calling things like I saw them. My desire to move higher than a manager in my field was cured or curbed, depending on how you want to look at it, because my Directors and Executive Officers would assign me to represent them when they were off work. I was also very good at doing their jobs. BUT! I found that once I got a taste of their jobs in regards to all the inane meetings and dealing with self important, self entitled hacks that got their promotions because where someone’s arse ended their nose began I decided I would rather be with my kind of people making things happen. I was there to serve the public and the people that worked for me, not a bunch of mouth breathing useful idiots. The last year at one agency that I worked at for over 15 years I was called upon to be the Deputy Exec. Officer for 6 months out of that year. I was also finalizing a rail startup (new rail line). My days started at 04:30-05:00 and ended after 12-16 hours. The day I had come into work at 02:00 hours to conduct some mandatory FTA passenger safety testing I found out that there was a meeting at 16:30 that day at the headquarters building. I called the chair person and asked if I might be excused. The answer was “No, this is a mandatory meeting for all executive staff. Since you are sitting in for Dave (my boss) you must be there.” I was not pleased, but I went. The meeting was about finalizing the new color schemes for all the conference rooms in the headquarters building. I kid you not. Without boring you any further I will tell you that I was not quiet about this all important subject. After telling everyone in the room what I thought about this I got up and left. The Deputy CEO of my agency sent me an email about this meeting. I expected a summons to report for termination. What I received was an apology and a promise to reign in some of these meetings. That was the day I decided I would work as a manager, but would not go into upper management, though I had many offers. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 Been to more meetings than I can count , that should have never happened I do NOT suffer stupid well CB 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 17 hours ago, Alpo said: He's posted comments about meetings he's had over the years. Many cups with this on Amazon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 24 Author Share Posted October 24 (edited) 1 hour ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Many cups with this on Amazon Yeah, that's where I found that picture. I was actually looking for COFFEE MAKES ME THINK MORE GOODER. Boy they want a lot of money for that cup. They ran about 17 or $18 each, with another seven or eight dollar shipping. $25 for a $4 coffee cup. Wow. Edited October 24 by Alpo 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 29 minutes ago, Alpo said: Yeah, that's where I found that picture. I was actually looking for COFFEE MAKES ME THINK MORE GOODER. Boy they want a lot of money for that cup. They ran about 17 or $18 each, with another seven or eight dollar shipping. $25 for a $4 coffee cup. Wow. Like they say, you get nothing for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 I hurt a lot of feelings when I sent around a memo criticizing unnecessary meetings that seemed to be more about getting together on City time, having coffee, donuts and muffins, while the subject matter covered could have been handled by a quick conference call and a follow up memo or e-mail exchange. Drove me nuts when my office was burdened with actual work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 14 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said: I hurt a lot of feelings when I sent around a memo criticizing unnecessary meetings that seemed to be more about getting together on City time, having coffee, donuts and muffins, while the subject matter covered could have been handled by a quick conference call and a follow up memo or e-mail exchange. Drove me nuts when my office was burdened with actual work. I cured my own problem my last year of work before retirement. Unless a meeting was regarding the improvement or progress on our rail startup I declined the meeting. Lots of people returned to work after being paid full salary to sit home during Covid for 2 years! Not kidding. Two years. I guess they had a renewed interest in justifying their positions so lots of meetings were called. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 5 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: I cured my own problem my last year of work before retirement. Unless a meeting was regarding the improvement or progress on our rail startup I declined the meeting. Lots of people returned to work after being paid full salary to sit home during Covid for 2 years! Not kidding. Two years. I guess they had a renewed interest in justifying their positions so lots of meetings were called. One good thing that came out of covid is that a couple of daily meetings that I used to have to attend in person, I can now attend via a conference call. Meetings are 30 minutes apart and when I had to attend in person the time between the meetings was unproductive. Now I can get things done in between as I don't have to leave my desk. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 In the Navy our division chief would send out a memo to inform all the shop supervisors of a meeting. Which could have been easily done verbally. He refused to accept any input verbally. We had to go back to our shops and type a properly formatted memo then hand deliver said memo. DA** that was a PITA. He was an english major and a real stickler for grammar and formatting. Was always kicking something back because he didn't like how it was worded. He soon earned the nickname of 3M. Memos, Meetings, and Memos 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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