| Wednesday, May 11, 2005 |
| My Meeting From Hell |
Well tomorrow is my meeting from hell. When I say my meeting from hell... I mean MY meeting from hell!
I'm now working for a big company and it just oozes corporate culture. So when in Rome...
The day starts out with a 2 hour pre-meeting. I had to coordinate the schedules of 12 people. 8 of us are in Malvern, PA and 4 of us are in Charlotte, NC. Hello video conferencing! After all, why just talk to our long distance co-workers when we can see them too.
After the 2 hour pre-meeting we have the main meeting which is 6 hours long! Damn I must be crazy. Anyway, in addition to the 12 of us, I invited 4 people from SPSS Inc., one of our vendors. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to find an 8 hour block of time that 16 people all are available? Damn near impossible!
That said, here's the gruesome details for the meeting:
- A 3-page meeting agenda
- A full color process-flow diagram with accompanying documentation
- A 12-page technical requirements document
- A metrics reporting requirements document
- 2 sample reports
- A who wants what report document
- A classic continental breakfast
- A caesar salad buffet for lunch
- Otis Spunkmeyer cookies for an afternoon snack
Between the food, my prep work of the above, and the salaries of 16 people for 8 hours, I've spent several thousand dollars of my employer's money already. Then there's my time for postmortem activities (meeting minutes, etc.) and the post-meeting. Boy, when I do something, I do it big don't I?
God I hurt, I'm being molded into one of those corporate types. I shouldn't complain though... the bills are getting paid and I have terrific benefits again. You can't have the good without the bad. |
posted by David Snyder @ 9:33 PM    |
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We've lost you to the corporation. You've become a Dilbert comic!!!
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 - Name: David Snyder
- Location: Springfield, Pennsylvania, United States
I'm happily married to my high-school sweetheart and have two sons. I love relaxing down the Jersey Shore. I also enjoy sitting by the pool after dinner, talking to the wife, watching the kids, and smoking a cigar.
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We've lost you to the corporation. You've become a Dilbert comic!!!