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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by thefourthchime on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:54PM (#32418307)
There is a disease where people add lots of people to meetings that don't really have to be there. Then people have a compulsion to go to every meeting they are invited to.

One of the best decisions I ever made was deciding to stop going to meetings unless I knew I had to. Turns out, nobody really cared, and if they really needed me they could also message me on slack and I can pop in.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by rgblambda on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:32PM (#32419793)
I moved jobs recently and this has been a minor issue for me. I get invited to all the meetings, including those where neither my input nor attendance is required, but I don't know that until a few minutes in. At that point I either sit and listen to something barely related to my role or awkwardly drop off.
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