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A company decided to pass on a new rule: no more meetings before noon, though some were skeptical, it worked out: ‘Turns out a lot of "quick syncs" existed because they were easy to schedule, not because they were needed.’

María Cetra

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Update: Data engineer asked to lead important meeting, realizes they have no idea what they're doing: 'Up until now, the stakes have been low... That era has ended'

Remy Millisky

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Manager schedules daily check-ins during employee's lunch break, employee insists on cooking during the meeting anyway: 'I made a full grilled cheese on my little desk griddle'

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets caught after building an app to track how many times his coworkers say "circling back" in meetings

Ben Weiss

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'Someone actually found a way to make meetings worse': Startup advisor and her employees take special "breaks" during meetings to accomplish more work

Remy Millisky

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HOA President Karen demands heated building despite residents' protests, resident shows her emails to entire board meeting: 'HOA President wanted heat!'

Remy Millisky

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'My coworker brought a whole rotisserie chicken... for a 9 AM meeting': Worker insists on eating entire chicken with his hands during "breakfast bonding time" meeting

Remy Millisky

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Inspiring female employee embarrasses 'tall and loud' male boss by calling him out during team meeting: 'My coworker told our boss, "You're not intimidating"'

Remy Millisky

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'The guy who cost the company $3 million dollars': 20+ Employees who made colossal mistakes at work

Remy Millisky

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Woman confronts coworker who keeps leaving his 2 toddlers with her: 'When I confront him he says... he needs to concentrate'

Remy Millisky

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Fortune 25 CEO takes 1.5 hour Zoom call on a 6 AM flight, passenger claims he refused to use headphones and spoke with an ‘I'm the eldest boy’ level of volume: ‘Is this okay?’

Lana DeGaetano

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'I called him out in front of everyone': Employee humiliates boss in group meeting, boss gets punished for poor behavior

Remy Millisky

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'They nervously laughed that the meeting was timed badly': Employee fired one hour before office Christmas party that he already paid for

Isabella Penn

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‘Guess who's getting billed 16h of work for a 15 minute meeting’: Customer pays their consultant 100x more than expected after requesting a meeting that could have been an email

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'This went on for months, with no explanation': Team leader demands morning meetings begin on time, employees start meeting without him

Remy Millisky

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‘He joined 10 minutes late… Boss was [furious]’: Careless employee nearly misses a 6AM call with all of the C-level bosses after disrespecting the meeting coordinator

Jesse Kessenheimer

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