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| 2011/01/07 05:13:12瀏覽852｜回應1｜推薦14 | |
| <1/6/2011>
Like last year, there will be a weekly Boss’s Meeting, 1 hour every Wednesday for the whole year. The boss scheduled those from the Outlook/Calendar yesterday morning. At the end of the Boss’s Meeting yesterday, the 1st one this year, the boss asked, openly and casually, the attendees how frequently we prefer to have the meeting. There was a silence and hesitation for a while… “How about the remote site first?” boss asked. There were only 5 persons at the remote site – many were still on vacation. A (from remote over the phone): “I have reserved the room (at our building) for the whole year.” Trying to solicit candid opinions, B encouraged: “Good job, but we don’t need to use all slots if we decide to cut them down.” B (remote): “How about every other week?” C (remote): “How about every other week and … cut it down to half hour?” D (remote): “Do we really need to have a meeting? I mean… as you know, I am kind of too busy for it.” E (remote): “Or, maybe we can have ad hoc meeting only when it's needed… I mean… only when managerial events or company policies need to pass down to us.” Boss smiled gracefully and encouraged: “Very good … how about here?” F: “I think a monthly meeting shall be sufficient.” G: “Only when there are any significant managerial policies or announcements… we can have a meeting for that... and, that might save times for everyone.” H: “We can fully utilize our email systems to save our time… Do we really need a meeting?” I: “A quarterly meeting is fine with me.” J: “I can live with an annual meeting.” Before everyone had a chance to voice his/her opinions about the frequency of Boss’s Meeting, time was almost up and boss cut in: “I will veto all your suggestions.” And, of course, meeting was adjourned right away. About 10 days ago, boss gave everyone a card and a gift for Christmas. I received “The Office Sticky Note Calendar”, by Andrews McMeel publishing, LLC., that has daily Jokes, Quotes, and/or Anecdotes. On January 6 (today), the calendar brings me the following - It’s Imperative That I speak to You About… - hot office gossip - that project - your grave error - after-work drinks - a promotion - our stupid boss |
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