It's a managers' meeting where information is communicated that could be done in an email, and any raising of concerns or questions about the top-down directives is treated as disloyal. It's basically a daily half-hour of feeling disrespected and like my professional opinions don't matter. Every day. Edit: it used to be once a month, and I'd feel like this for the rest of the day. It also used to be 4 hours long. But I still think the daily part is worse.
And we live to fight another day.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Jun 08, 2020 1:14:04 pm PDT #22121 of 30019
information libertarian
-t - Jun 08, 2020 1:23:12 pm PDT #22122 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's gonna be weird, DX. Pretty nice upside, though.
my day is supposed to be over i 8 minutes but I have way more work than that left to do and leaving it for tomorrow will just make tomorrow overwhelming. Ugh.
Jesse - Jun 08, 2020 1:37:01 pm PDT #22123 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
flea, I'm with your boss, then. Fuck that meeting!
DXM, it's so good to see you around here more! And that does sound like a nice day, all things considered.
Consuela - Jun 08, 2020 2:12:37 pm PDT #22124 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
flea, I'm with your boss, then. Fuck that meeting!
Why is this monthly meeting now DAILY? That's insane.
shrift - Jun 08, 2020 2:25:56 pm PDT #22125 of 30019
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
My boss literally suggested I turn the volume down and read a magazine, but somehow I can't bring myself to.
Ugh. Maybe you could make up a bingo card of all the awful things that happen in this meeting so you can focus on playing a game, and reward yourself with stuff every time you "win"?
aurelia - Jun 08, 2020 2:33:35 pm PDT #22126 of 30019
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
flea, I'm with your boss, then. Fuck that meeting!
Why is this monthly meeting now DAILY? That's insane.
Agreed on both points.
Consuela - Jun 08, 2020 3:08:14 pm PDT #22127 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
... I am kind of over having various corporations make woke statements on Twitter and Instagram. Is it helpful to have PG Tibs make a big statement about how Black Lives Matter?
I mean, maybe for their employees, I guess? I dunno. I would rather see corporations actually do things than make statements.
-t - Jun 08, 2020 3:34:47 pm PDT #22128 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well, it's maybe a good thing that they all feel like it would be disaster not to say something? But agreed, better if they were doing something concrete and mentioning that (or just doing something would be my preference but that doesn't seem at all likely)
msbelle - Jun 08, 2020 3:45:54 pm PDT #22129 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I hate it, but I see people criticizing people/companies that stay quiet and then also see them criticizing how lame it is when they do a commercial or a tweet or whatever. I would HATE being in a PR position right now.
DXMachina - Jun 08, 2020 3:50:46 pm PDT #22130 of 30019
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Why is this monthly meeting now DAILY? That's insane.
It reeks of a manager with too much time on their hands trying to look like they're doing something.