• Frog@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    I’m in between stages where I feel offended to not be included in meetings but when I am included, I hate it.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Which is the stage of, “I’m bored because the people I’m supposed to supervise are busy doing all the stuff. I think I’ll call a meeting.”

    (Too many people are at this stage)

  • lolola
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    1 month ago

    I’d say stage 4 is being the keystone attendee: if you don’t go, the whole thing falls apart. Even if you somehow manage to get out of the meeting, it has to get rescheduled because it “needs” your input. The meeting thus becomes inescapable.

    Stage 5 is when everyone else realizes you’re in stage 4 and begins to cater to your availability and preferences. Obviously this is mostly theoretical.

  • Godort@lemm.ee
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    This makes perfect sense to me.

    At the start of your career, you want to be important enough that people will care about your opinions, which means getting invited to meetings where things are discussed.

    Stage 2, you’ve been there long enough and know how things work so you can offer input and help make decisions.

    Stage 3 is the point at which people will come to you for input outside of meetings because that’s easier. You just want to do your job and generally don’t care about decisions anymore unless they bring sweeping changes.

  • beliquititious
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    Enlightenment: calling meetings yourself because nothing you do matters and getting paid to listen to assholes talk isn’t the worst way to pay rent.