You’re not important to me but I want to meet with you

Re:You’re not important to me but I want to meet with you by travisjungroth on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:24PM (#22490365)

What are people's thoughts on using Calendly and the like? I'm asking people for meetings a lot lately, and usually after they agree I send them a link and ask them to "find whatever time works best for you."

Practically, this seems like the nicest thing to do. They get to pick a time in my very open schedule and there's no back and forth. But emotionally, it feels like I'm giving a task to someone who just accepted to help me.

These are all 20 minute video calls, by the way.

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Re:You’re not important to me but I want to meet with you by michaelbuckbee on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:34PM (#22490418)

I came here after reading the article to ask the same question as I do worry about it feeling weird.

The middle ground I've settled on is to say something like: "I'd love to meet, either give me some times that work for you can pick a time from my Calendly [link]" and then most people go for the Calendly link.

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Re:You’re not important to me but I want to meet with you by travisjungroth on Thursday March 05, 2020 @09:16AM (#22493633)

Thanks. I think I'll combine our strategies. After they've already agreed to meet, I'll ask if they want to send over times and I'll give them my link.

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