Funny business 20

“Meetings are the bane of productivity.” ~Causalien

I guess I shouldn’t complain. Being busy and in demand means that my job is pretty secure. It doesn’t mean that I don’t look back at simpler times with envy though. A time where all that I have to do is my job description an nothing more. Nowadays only 1/3 of my time is dedicated to the job, while the other 2/3 are spent mostly in meetings or catching up on new technologies that I’ve just been assigned to.

It’s probably no coincidence that they happened to give me two of the new products we have in the pipeline. Knowing myself, I must’ve reeked “adaptation” all over my forehead when the boss first laid his eyes on me. No, correction. I thrive with the exotic.

I also hate meetings. I really do. Half of my days are spent in meetings and sometimes the whole day. It wouldn’t bother me if that’s all I need to do, but the reality of business is that you are still expected to perform your original function. It also seemed more and more likely that I will have to spend my off work hours catching up on work without getting compensated for it. With the deadline approaching, normal work piling up, more meetings scheduled than I have time. I wondered briefly if this is management’s chess play to force me into contributing my personal time.

Dear management,

Please dangle a carrot as a reward in front of me, so I can actually motivate myself into burning my own life force in an effort to cover all the shit that trickled down from upstairs. Otherwise, let me snooze.

Regards,

~Causalien