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CrispyQ

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2. Ha ha. I was an executive assistant for many years & on my first day at a new job,

Reply to GreatGazoo (Original post)

Mon Dec 8, 2025, 10:11 AM

Dec 8

another assistant gave me a tour of the building. It was large & there were 13 meeting rooms & I mistakenly thought, "Scheduling meetings at this company will be a cinch." Wrong!!! They were THE WORST business ever, for meetings. If I had a dollar for every time my boss came back & said, "Well that was a waste of time," I'd have a righteous party! And yes, often times one meeting would result in three more having to be scheduled. It was crazed.

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How Meetings Harm Well-Being [View all] GreatGazoo Dec 8 OP

I worked at a big company where seemingly the only thing some managers did to justify their existence was hold meetings. sop Dec 8 #1

Ha ha. I was an executive assistant for many years & on my first day at a new job, CrispyQ Dec 8 #2

I worked in many office jobs for a while and got those revealing first-day tours too GreatGazoo Dec 8 #4

Demotivational posters Marthe48 Dec 8 #3

My most miserable rotation in nursing school was the psych rotation. Meetings, meetings, meetings. 3catwoman3 Dec 8 #5

Had a micromanager LogDog75 Dec 8 #6

wow! GreatGazoo Dec 9 #7