DIS Dads The DIS Dad's Club IV - Man Laws & Cheese Balls

[Big_Disney_Fan]

When I dog out on one of those meetings I feel just like I did in High School when I ditched a class...

 

[that's nice]

I don't mind a bit. In fact, any member of the DDC is free to utilize this tactic. However, I can't be held responsible for any "unemployment" that result from it's misuse.

LOL

Nice disclaimer!!!



Thank goodness I am self employed. I think I'm going to have a meeting with myself out in the driveway and clean out my work van.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

And that brings us to another colossal waste of company resources(namely: me): the weekly status report. Because it's not enough to send emails through out the week when a status of a project changes and to have weekly meetings on the status of your projects, you have to type up a weekly status report on the status of your projects.

"The status of project x remains unchanged from last week, as I spend 4 hours in meetings discussing the status project x and didn't have any actual time to work on it."

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Thank goodness I am self employed. I think I'm going to have a meeting with myself out in the driveway and clean out my work van.

Tim, your boss just called. You've been doing a heck of a job this week. Take the rest of the afternoon off.

 

[that's nice]

Tim, your boss just called. You've been doing a heck of a job this week. Take the rest of the afternoon off.

LOL I wish I could!

My work week is about start tonight. 2 proms (tonight & Sat night) and a 1st communion party(saturday afternoon). Then a few appointments during the week. That will hold me over till next weekend.

 

[stopher1]

And that brings us to another colossal waste of company resources(namely: me): the weekly status report. Because it's not enough to send emails through out the week when a status of a project changes and to have weekly meetings on the status of your projects, you have to type up a weekly status report on the status of your projects.

"The status of project x remains unchanged from last week, as I spend 4 hours in meetings discussing the status project x and didn't have any actual time to work on it."

About a month ago I finally, after 18 months or so, was able to KILL the weekly update that I had put out on Mondays, in advance of a team meeting, discussing all updates from the previous week's meeting...that would be then discussed over the phone during that afternoon's meeting. That plus the fact that throughout the week, (whenever there was actually time to work on the individual projects in between meetings,) updates are added to our CRM software where anyone who even remotely cares can check the status of a project whenever they so choose. We've had CRM now for 24 months, with a completely different relationship software prior to that... yet the archaic email update with full on narrative of every single project lived on. Can you say REDUNDANT? How about STUPID? It took a long time, but it was such a glorious day when that email update was finally deemed irrelevant and a "time-waster". If only I could get the same result on some of these meetings...

 

[dvczerfs]

Team meetings...

Well here where I work we usually have a Team meeting every Thursday at 2pm...to basically keep our Manager aprised of our various projects.

For various reasons...conflicting meetings...Dr. Appts...travel...our meetings have been canceled 4 weeks in a row. So yesterday the boss opens the meeting by saying, "So what have you guys been doing for the last Month." after about 2 seconds of silence I said, "Waiting for Directions."



the whole room exploded.

So today began the latest and greatest in "project status" meetings. This one became my 6th "project status" meeting this week. It was only scheduled to run a half hour... but nope, an hour and 15 later... ugh. I absolutely hate these meetings. Not only do I have to have one with my boss each week, I also "get to" participate in 5 others each week since I technically cover 2 different regions - both the midwest/northeast and the south (so that's 2 more); then there's a Credit Team specific one of which I'm a part (4); as well as the "Loan Pipeline" one (5) that each team participates in facilitiated by the company president; and now this new one with the Loan Servicing team (6). Woo hoo - 6 time-killers every week - with a 7th every other Friday. That's our Credit Committee where we actually discuss and approve loan packages. OH BOY. 6-8+ hours per week just spent in update meetings - a whole day basically wasted. Aren't you all just jealous?!? I mean really... come on, you know you are.

sounds like you guys work for the state!

 

[trennr]

DW is cracking on the Free Dining trip.

 

[dvczerfs]

im lucky, i dont have meetings!!!! heck, i only talk to the big boss every other week on the phone for about 30 min. and talk to the op. man. when theres a problem.(maybe every other 3 days or so, depends on how warehouse people and truck drivers act.) (no i dont work for a day care ) other than that, its , "hey dave, when are you coming in to pick up your pay stubs, there piling up in the safe." (i have direct deposit) and they must hand you your pay envelope!!!! the last time my boss called before evey other friday was before christmas, he was buying his dd and her family a trip to wdw and its seems im his disney travel agent!!he didnt want to bother on the internet, paid rack rate for 8 nights at the grand flor. (mk view) 3 meal plans, and 3 length of stay pass's. limo to and from the airport,at home and in florida.

 

[dvczerfs]

DW is cracking on the Free Dining trip.

 

[AJRitz]

Back from the doctor.
Levaquin on board.
I'd really like to stop feeling like I'm drowning in my own phlegm.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

sounds like you guys work for the state!

Nope, only one of us...but I'll remember these stories when the next wave of state worker jokes breaks out!

Any of you guys use Primavera scheduling software? Talk about killing a mosquito with a cannon. They've got our projects broken out into so many activities that need to be updated it almost reads like this:

1. Turn on computer.
2. Boot up Operating System.
3. Log into network.

(continued for 578 additional steps, each needing to be updated individually)

 

[dvczerfs]

Back from the doctor.
Levaquin on board.
I'd really like to stop feeling like I'm drowning in my own phlegm.

hope your feeling better soon. theres some nasty stuff going around now. i just sneeze for an hour in the morning.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

DW is cracking on the Free Dining trip.

I hear Sept. 18-25 is a great week to travel.

 

[dvczerfs]

Nope, only one of us...but I'll remember these stories when the next wave of state worker jokes breaks out!

Any of you guys use Primavera scheduling software? Talk about killing a mosquito with a cannon. They've got our projects broken out into so many activities that need to be updated it almost reads like this:

1. Turn on computer.
2. Boot up Operating System.
3. Log into network.

(continued for 578 additional steps, each needing to be updated individually)

it was just in our local paper that pendot laid off 2000 people this week, it seems the japanese have developed a shovel that can stand up by itself

 

[FreezinRafiki]

DW is cracking on the Free Dining trip.

Back from the doctor.
Levaquin on board.
I'd really like to stop feeling like I'm drowning in my own phlegm.

Uggg... Now I've got to sanitize my monitor again.
(oh, and get better soon. And if that doesn't work, see if Christian still has some of the hallucinogenic stuff left!)

Nope, only one of us...but I'll remember these stories when the next wave of state worker jokes breaks out!

When I was in college, I used to work for the university, so I was essentially a state employee. Unfortunately, I was too low on the totem pole to attend any meetings.
My fellow student workers and I were the ones that actually had to carry out what was decided in them!

 

[stopher1]

DW is cracking on the Free Dining trip.

 

[tutter99]

And that brings us to another colossal waste of company resources(namely: me): the weekly status report. Because it's not enough to send emails through out the week when a status of a project changes and to have weekly meetings on the status of your projects, you have to type up a weekly status report on the status of your projects.

"The status of project x remains unchanged from last week, as I spend 4 hours in meetings discussing the status project x and didn't have any actual time to work on it."

My boss has never brought up the the fact that the last item on my weekly report is always:
"In summary, a fun filled week was had by all."

Further proof these things never actually get read.

 

[stopher1]

My boss has never brought up the the fact that the last item on my weekly report is always:
"In summary, a fun filled week was had by all."

Further proof these things never actually get read.

 

[unclescrooge_0707]

dont look now kevin, but someone has defaced your signature!!!! theres an eagle head on it!!!

If i lived in a city with a football team worth cheering for, I'd find it much easier to laugh at this. Though, I laughed a lot.

Meetings: None of us are as dumb as all of us

my 2nd favorite demotivator. The one that is on my desktop is
Worth: just because you're necessary doesn't mean you're important.

My team meeting lasts 30 minutes, and it's a reminder of the 1000 emails 9 of us exchange in a week. (we send around a 1000, but only 15 of those are related to work, which cuts down on meeting times...) I'm the only married guy on a team full of 20-something single gals. Sometime, my job is okay...