@Auspice said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
way of the business world.
Monday - all the meetings
Tuesday - frantically catch up
Wednesday - ?????
Thursday - OMG WE NEED THIS LAST MINUTE
Friday - oh god how am I gonna get enough done to not feel lost on Mond- ooooh weekend
Ironically, this is why - when I was the senior admin that did the high level logistics for a department of 150 people - I forced my bosses to have their staff meetings first things on Wednesday mornings. Cause we worked in a department that was supportive for the highest level sales managers, our role was largely responsive/collaborative and this meant that on Wednesdays:
- Everyone was free
- They'd met with their business partners and knew what the ask was
- Had Tuesday to email about/think on it
- Could decide at the meeting and then immediately push it down to their teams
- Come Monday meeting again, could present the solution/product/whatever to their partners....
- Along with "We should have this to you in 48 hours", which sounds really fast but is actually EOD Wednesday and still gave our partners time to make 'last minute changes' while ensuring our teams had at least a full week to do the work
They thought it was crazy until they tried it and discovered that it was awesome.