Meetings and Meetings
My company loves meetings. I'm only there for less than 3mths, but I've been to countless meetings. There were even a couple of times when I literally spent my whole day in meetings and having conference calls that I didn't check my emails for the whole day.
These meetings are usually non-productive. I think it's juz a bunch of people who dun feel like working, get together, and talk nonsense for a couple of hours, spending the time away. I always come out of a meeting feeling very empty. Like nothing is concluded, nothing is achieved. Then the next meeting comes, and the cycle goes on and on. It's quite sad actually.
Every single small matter can lead to a meeting. I have a meeting weekly where everyone update what they did for the week. And it includes people in other parts of Asia (conference call). So there are about 20 over people participating, and we will go around the table telling the whole world what we did for the week. This meeting usually last 1.5 - 2 hours. Sounds dumb right.
My company have more than 20 meeting rooms, but they are always fully-booked. You need to book in advance to get a room. That's how much my company loves meetings.
Luckily I dun really have a heavy workload (for now), and I welcome the meetings. Coz I'm 1 of the person who dun feel like working. And time passes fast when in a meeting. Haha ~
I now conclude that I'm pro-meeting!