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If I was in the room, I'd be relieved. I always found that meetings at large companies dragged on unless there was a forcing factor (like a doorknock) that got someone to bring it to an end.
I've been in 90 minute standups, the 10 minute standup pedants would be my heroes.
The backstop forcing function to end meetings is the conference room being booked for the next slot... One of the things I noticed during COVID when everyone was remote was that meetings would never end on time b/c there was no contention for meeting rooms.
I wish they added a feature to Teams where it will just automatically disconnect everyone from the meeting at the scheduled end time.
I thought one of the reasons we call it a standup is because everyone just, stands up, and does a ytb. So you don't need a meeting room. Nice story.
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I've been in 90 minute standups, the 10 minute standup pedants would be my heroes.
Wow, was it actually 90 minutes of standing?
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Heh some people are on time, some people are late. It's seemingly a culture thing, and neither side understands the other. You say "of course nobody will stop at 9:50am" and that is exactly what I would do.
> neither side understands the other. Being late is viewed as rude or lacking respect for others by a lot of people. Do people who are habitually late view prompt people as rude for being on time?
When it's a meeting I run/control my rule is that I will wait 150 seconds for people who are late, after which I start the meeting. You can join later, that's fine, but I'm not waiting longer than 150 seconds. Waiting 150 seconds feels like waiting a long time. Whereas being 2.5 minutes late feels like being on time. So I find that phrasing it this way is more impactful. (by now you probably figured out that I am not…
I bet your colleagues appreciate it if you’re similarly strict about ending meetings on time.