Head Office Syndrome
Jul. 4th, 2007 07:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqOne would think that I would be used to it after all this time, but I still find myself occasionally irked by the arrogance of our head office -- especially when it comes to scheduling meetings. They are all about setting up meeting times that are convenient for them, even if those "convenient" times happen to fall over our lunch hour. I attended a few of those in the interests of moving things forward, but I would make a point of reminding them that they had - once again - scheduled a meeting over my lunchtime.
Oh, that's right. You people are in a different time zone. Hur hur.
Lately I have started rejecting the invites out-of-hand, usually without bothering with explanation. This morning I got a meeting invite that pushed head office arrogance to a new low; they want to meet from 15-16K.
Bad: They have scheduled a meeting for when people tend to be at their mental nadir. If they want a conference call full of people who are alternately watching the clock or nodding off, then I suppose that's a good time for it.
Worse: That puts it at 16-17K my time. Under normal circumstances that means they are blithely expecting me to stay an extra hour that day for the meeting.
Ugly: My calendar clearly shows that I finish work at 14:00, which means that they're actually expecting me to put in an 11-hour day for their convenience.
Normally I'd just decline without explanation (the reason should be self-obvious), but this is a meeting that I really should attend since it will probably involve saddling me with an ugly project. I responded as a "tentative" attendee, with the stipulation that I might call in from home.
Oh, that's right. You people are in a different time zone. Hur hur.
Lately I have started rejecting the invites out-of-hand, usually without bothering with explanation. This morning I got a meeting invite that pushed head office arrogance to a new low; they want to meet from 15-16K.
Bad: They have scheduled a meeting for when people tend to be at their mental nadir. If they want a conference call full of people who are alternately watching the clock or nodding off, then I suppose that's a good time for it.
Worse: That puts it at 16-17K my time. Under normal circumstances that means they are blithely expecting me to stay an extra hour that day for the meeting.
Ugly: My calendar clearly shows that I finish work at 14:00, which means that they're actually expecting me to put in an 11-hour day for their convenience.
Normally I'd just decline without explanation (the reason should be self-obvious), but this is a meeting that I really should attend since it will probably involve saddling me with an ugly project. I responded as a "tentative" attendee, with the stipulation that I might call in from home.
