Re:Ask HN: Number of Meetings per Week?
by riantsoa on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @03:37PM
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Great question and I should have been more precise. I joined the company in October, so yes at the beginning it makes sense to have a lot of meetings to get onboarded.
I used to work in a company where asynchronous communication were heavily used. Here it's the opposite.
I started to discuss with my manager but unfortunately he seems to have not enough power to change the situation. It seems it is a cultural thing in the company...
That said, if you feel some meetings are stealing too much of your time, talk to your lead / manager about it and see what they think. They should be open and honest about what is and isn't a priority and shouldn't be offended by you asking a fair question. Since a lot of the time meeting invites can be annoyingly vague (no agenda, no notes, no list of things to read / prepare for..), I'll end up messaging the organizer on slack to ask those questions. If I don't feel its relevant I'll ask them directly if they mind if I skip it or if I can send someone else on my team that would be a better fit instead of being a proxy in between them.