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Gnossiennes: Jan 7, 2013; Loving chairs more every day!

Cat Face Joe posted:

few things better than the "in a meeting" teams status but not actually being in a meeting

i have a weekly meeting that stopped six months ago and i've left on my calendar for this exact reason

# ? Jan 13, 2023 18:52

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# ? May 29, 2023 09:39

Best Bi Geek Squid: Mar 25, 2016

had my first completely useless meatspace meeting in years this morning. America’s back, baby!

# ? Jan 13, 2023 20:21

AnimeIsTrash: Jun 30, 2018; Ouch!

guy who has a meeting at 7:30 in the morning @_@

# ? Jan 13, 2023 21:17

Zlodo: Nov 25, 2006

AnimeIsTrash posted:

guy who has a meeting at 7:30 in the morning @_@

lmao whoever booked this hates everyone

# ? Jan 13, 2023 21:48

Gnossiennes: Jan 7, 2013; Loving chairs more every day!

i allow 7am meetings for european colleagues and 5-6pm meetings for colleagues in south/southeast/east asia only. if you're US tho? gently caress you.

i have a couple weekly meetings with a team spread across US, south & southeast asia, and eastern europe at ~8am, but that time is poo poo for basically everyone but the US people.

# ? Jan 13, 2023 22:42

Corla Plankun: May 8, 2007; improve the lives of everyone

when i have to collaborate with people in other time zones i simply use email

# ? Jan 13, 2023 23:13

OldAlias: Nov 2, 2013; Ã°ÂŸÂ§Â¿

the earliest we have meetings is 10am

# ? Jan 14, 2023 17:59

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

project manager “@all Please Join” 2 seconds after starting the meeting

# ? Jan 14, 2023 18:01

distortion park: Apr 25, 2011

OldAlias posted:

the earliest we have meetings is 10am

# ? Jan 14, 2023 19:55

PIZZA.BAT: Nov 12, 2016

jesus WEP posted:

project manager “@all Please Join” 2 seconds after starting the meeting

last job i had a pm that would start calling people on teams immediately after the meeting started. let me tell ya when i'm in something much more important than a daily standup presenting to executives it's real great when my teams client starts ringing over and over again

# ? Jan 14, 2023 20:48

Poopernickel: Oct 28, 2005; electricity bad; Fun Shoe

OldAlias posted:

the earliest we have meetings is 10am

I’m jealous. I work for a company with an office in Germany and one in the Bay Area. I was told that I’d have 7AM meetings once or twice a month during the interview process.

Turns out that all of the stakeholders for my job are in the German office, and my meeting schedule is more like 7AM 3-4 times a week :fail:

Poopernickel fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Jan 14, 2023

# ? Jan 14, 2023 21:08

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

Poopernickel posted:

I’m jealous. I work for a company with an office in Germany and one in the Bay Area. I was told that I’d have 7AM meetings once or twice month during the interview process.

Turns out it’s more like 3 times a week.

just dont show up for them

# ? Jan 14, 2023 21:12

git apologist: Jun 4, 2003

Asymmetric POSTer posted:

just dont show up for them

# ? Jan 18, 2023 06:45

giogadi: Oct 27, 2009

person who, whenever they start talking, you gotta try really hard not to roll your eyes on camera because you know whatever they’re about to say is gonna be hella stupid

# ? Jan 18, 2023 23:22

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

giogadi posted:

person who, whenever they start talking, you gotta try really hard not to roll your eyes on camera because you know whatever they’re about to say is gonna be hella stupid

im not affected by this because i can’t roll my eyes and talk simultaneously

# ? Jan 18, 2023 23:24

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

giogadi posted:

person who, whenever they start talking, you gotta try really hard not to roll your eyes on camera because you know whatever they’re about to say is gonna be hella stupid

my boss?

# ? Jan 18, 2023 23:57

Best Bi Geek Squid: Mar 25, 2016

a good #lifehack to deal with that is to have a water bottle handy and take a long sip from it every time you feel your face start to twist into a “wtf” or laugh

# ? Jan 19, 2023 01:17

post hole digger: Mar 21, 2011

Best Bi Geek Squid posted:

a good #lifehack to deal with that is to have a water bottle handy and take a long sip from it every time you feel your face start to twist into a “wtf” or laugh

# ? Jan 19, 2023 01:37

Tatsujin: Apr 26, 2004; EVERYONE EXCEPT THE HOT WOMEN

Cat Face Joe posted:

few things better than the "in a meeting" teams status but not actually being in a meeting

team just joins a standing call all day outside of meetings so we all show as 'in a call/meeting' outside of actual meetings, no one cares if you're not on voice/video, very nice

reduces drive by messages from people outside your team expecting you to respond right away

at my last job I had a powershell script that toggled scroll lock on and off every five minutes to keep teams from tattling on me by setting me to away

# ? Jan 19, 2023 16:34

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

Tatsujin posted:

at my last job I had a powershell script that toggled scroll lock on and off every five minutes to keep teams from tattling on me by setting me to away

stealing this

# ? Jan 19, 2023 16:57

Corla Plankun: May 8, 2007; improve the lives of everyone

if you have admin on your comp you can install autohotkey (useful for a ton of other business poo poo like too like hotkey to log in to the vpn every 5 minutes or whatever other mindless poo poo your job makes you do constantly) and then use this script to appear to work all day:

code:

#Persistent
Loop 
{
	If (A_Hour >= 7 && A_Hour < 17){
		MouseMove, 1, 1, 1, R
		MouseMove, -1, 1, 1, R
		}
		Sleep 300000	
}
Return

i initially set it up because my old job had an unalterable policy that it would lock after 60 seconds of inactivity, but it turns out just moving the mouse slightly is enough to keep teams from tattling too

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:24

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

i use amphetamine on macos

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:26

nvrgrls: Apr 24, 2004

I'm thankful I don't work somewhere where your Teams status has to stay green when you're not in a meeting. That seems hella abusive.

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:34

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

nvrgrls posted:

I'm thankful I don't work somewhere where your Teams status has to stay green when you're not in a meeting.

its not required i just dont want anyone to know when i'm takin a nap

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:39

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

graph posted:

its not required i just dont want anyone to know when i'm takin a nap

yea this

# ? Jan 19, 2023 17:47

Poopernickel: Oct 28, 2005; electricity bad; Fun Shoe

graph posted:

i use amphetamine

But enough about my daily regimen, folks,

# ? Jan 19, 2023 18:16

Plorkyeran: Mar 22, 2007; To Escape The Shackles Of The Old Forums, We Must Reject The Tribal Negativity He Endorsed

my slack status is "away" 95% of the day and it's just not a problem

# ? Jan 19, 2023 21:29

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

always 👏 be 👏 away 👏 (and not working)

# ? Jan 19, 2023 21:54

Cat Face Joe: Feb 20, 2005; goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes

Corla Plankun posted:

if you have admin on your comp you can install autohotkey (useful for a ton of other business poo poo like too like hotkey to log in to the vpn every 5 minutes or whatever other mindless poo poo your job makes you do constantly) and then use this script to appear to work all day:
code:
#Persistent
Loop 
{
	If (A_Hour >= 7 && A_Hour < 17){
		MouseMove, 1, 1, 1, R
		MouseMove, -1, 1, 1, R
		}
		Sleep 300000	
}
Return
i initially set it up because my old job had an unalterable policy that it would lock after 60 seconds of inactivity, but it turns out just moving the mouse slightly is enough to keep teams from tattling too

i just put my mouse on top of an old watch

# ? Jan 19, 2023 22:03

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Cat Face Joe posted:

i just put my mouse on top of an old watch

i just kick back and rub the mouse pad with one hand while i rub something else with my other hand

# ? Jan 19, 2023 23:47

knox_harrington: Feb 18, 2011; Running no point.

if you plug in a game controller it does the same thing.

# ? Jan 22, 2023 05:04

my homie dhall: Dec 9, 2010; honey, oh please, it's just a machine

guy who is turning the meeting into his personal therapy session

# ? Jan 23, 2023 03:13

Asymmetric POSTer: Aug 17, 2005

my homie dhall posted:

guy who is turning the meeting into his personal therapy session

it’s me (when the boss is away)

# ? Jan 23, 2023 16:14

distortion park: Apr 25, 2011

guy browsing the web during a 1:1

# ? Jan 23, 2023 20:10

post hole digger: Mar 21, 2011

distortion park posted:

guy browsing the web during a 1:1

sometimes i just get bored.

# ? Jan 23, 2023 20:11

post hole digger: Mar 21, 2011

guy browsing the web during a 1:1 on a giant monitor in a dimly lit room so every tme the page changes it lights up his face in a different way, making it glaringly obvious what he is doing.

# ? Jan 23, 2023 20:12

post hole digger: Mar 21, 2011

"oh for sure man" - aforesaid guy, to his boss, raptly

# ? Jan 23, 2023 20:12

distortion park: Apr 25, 2011

post hole digger posted:

guy browsing the web during a 1:1 on a giant monitor in a dimly lit room so every tme the page changes it lights up his face in a different way, making it glaringly obvious what he is doing.

# ? Jan 23, 2023 20:33

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

pretty sure i’ve popped on camera while watching wrestling during a meeting

# ? Jan 23, 2023 20:36

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# ? May 29, 2023 09:39

Corla Plankun: May 8, 2007; improve the lives of everyone

jesus WEP posted:

pretty sure i’ve popped on camera while watching wrestling during a meeting

i feel like this can't possibly mean what i think it does but i can't imagine any other interpretation that makes more sense

# ? Jan 23, 2023 21:27

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