I once saw a quote that struck me to the core that I remembered it, but I can't remember the author. Sorry author, your name escapes me but your words ring so true. The quote goes "Meetings, where minutes are taken and hours are wasted." How true in corporate America?!?!
Today a superior called a meeting with me, my boss, and two co-workers to show us what he intends to discuss in a meeting that we are all scheduled to attend in three days. He "wanted to pass it by us to make sure that we didn't object to anything." It just so happens that the meeting in three days also includes a Vice President. I'm peeved at the fact that we have to have a meeting to get ready for a meeting. Isn't my time valuable? Aren't we all adults that can discuss topics in front of each other regardless of title? Do we have to present everything to a VP in a nicely wrapped package with a bright, big bow on it? While everyone is smiling and nodding in agreement.
Maybe this is why Americans don't have time to take the full vacations that are allotted to them. They are too busy sitting through pre-meetings that they can't get their work done before the next meeting. We're all suffering from PowerPoint paralysis!!!
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