No "Hello", No "Quick Call", and No Meetings Without an Agenda

The level of entitlement in this post is ridiculous.

Dude. You're just an engineer from an Engineering department of some company.

Nobody's gonna read & apply any special rules of communnicating with you, especially written by yourself (sic!)

I get the sentiment, but also, for many the work place is a socialization hub.

And what OP argue about is a direct consequence of that: small talks, serendipity, politness rules, etc.

If you want raw efficiency, the article makes sense.

However, in most orgs, that's not what most workers want.

I think the core advice here is excellent and something I frequently think about when I receive requests for help, "can we hop on a quick call?", and "hi [name]" - but it's written extremely condescendingly and obnoxiously. This person seems intolerable to work with or interact with in general.

For larger enterprises with complex org charts, I consider an agenda one of two invaluable tools for meetings, the other being post-meeting minutes including a RACI chart.

If someone can't think up a few bullet points for a meeting in advance, that person has not prepared for their meeting, and will waste some of the participant's time.

Not creating (one-line) minutes that most importantly include decisions that have been made in the meeting is also the perfect set-up for wasting other people's time.

I see this similar to the effort of writing a good commit message.

> Nobody's gonna read & apply any special rules of communnicating with you, especially written by yourself (sic!)

On the other hand, you don't have to reply to those random "quick call" messages as well as videocalls without an agenda.