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one of the issues I'm having with my job is a two part problem, both of which are mutually exclusive. However, when combined make for a great way to get nothing done.
The first part is meetings. We, the IT department, have three meetings. There are 12 of us (1 Director, 1 Network Architect, 8 Developers, 1 Desktop Support, and the President) that are present for each of these meetings. I understand the purpose of each meeting. However it's the timing. 8am-9:15am just burned 15 hours of work. 1pm-2pm just burned another 12 hours, and then the :45 minute wind down at 4:45, which most everyone returns to working from ANYWAYS, burns another 8 hours. With this in mind, in a day Dan will burn 32hours of work. Which, you know, it's his money. However, getting anything done is becoming increasingly impossible because Dan likes to talk. I'm sure if the dev guys are having some hangups, they're bright enough crayons to go get help. I'm not convinced we need to be having any meetings beyond a 15-20 minute, "What's on the plate?" meeting in the morning. With the 3 hours he chops out of our day, plus lunch, my day ends up being... 4 hours of work?
This just isn't acceptable. I need all the time I can get to get this stuff in order. Perhaps monday I'll ask to run the meeting. I've a few ideas that could use some dissemination. And if these meetings don't cut down in length, i'm going to start skipping them. I can't waste time on dan's ramblings.
I probably ought to print this out for monday.
The first part is meetings. We, the IT department, have three meetings. There are 12 of us (1 Director, 1 Network Architect, 8 Developers, 1 Desktop Support, and the President) that are present for each of these meetings. I understand the purpose of each meeting. However it's the timing. 8am-9:15am just burned 15 hours of work. 1pm-2pm just burned another 12 hours, and then the :45 minute wind down at 4:45, which most everyone returns to working from ANYWAYS, burns another 8 hours. With this in mind, in a day Dan will burn 32hours of work. Which, you know, it's his money. However, getting anything done is becoming increasingly impossible because Dan likes to talk. I'm sure if the dev guys are having some hangups, they're bright enough crayons to go get help. I'm not convinced we need to be having any meetings beyond a 15-20 minute, "What's on the plate?" meeting in the morning. With the 3 hours he chops out of our day, plus lunch, my day ends up being... 4 hours of work?
This just isn't acceptable. I need all the time I can get to get this stuff in order. Perhaps monday I'll ask to run the meeting. I've a few ideas that could use some dissemination. And if these meetings don't cut down in length, i'm going to start skipping them. I can't waste time on dan's ramblings.
I probably ought to print this out for monday.