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ddplf@szmer.info 8 hours agoNo no, it’s just that I don’t understand what’s she getting at - is she complaining that it’s bad that the meeting ended 4 minutes earlier than planned and it may as well take the full time? Like yeah, but why would it?
Or is she complaining that it was only 4 minutes and not like 20 (cause she wanted time for hobbies) - but in this case, just leave this job and become a travelling merchant or some shit
She’s complaining about the phrase “giving time back”. It’s a phrase used in corporate settings that is often used for small amounts of time. The meaning isn’t really important, but I find it’s used by individuals as a way of “virtue signaling” that everyone in the meeting are busy with other priorities.
Hopefully it’s a phrase that will pass quickly like many other corporate phrases.
peregrin5@lemm.ee 7 hours ago
I think it’s the phrasing that comes off out of touch.
Like expecting that we should be super grateful to the management that they are “giving us back” 4 minutes of our time even though there is literally nothing else to discuss.
Sc00ter@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Do people really get upset about this? I hear it every day and have not even considered it would upset anyone
It just like a transaction, but with time. I booked an hour of your time, but used 56 minutes, so you get 4 of them back. Would someone be upset by giving someone 60 cents only to get 4 cents back because the product actually costs 56? No one expects you can buy anything with those 4 cents, but theyre still yours
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
In my experience it’s usually a “cherry on top” of whatever horrible personality that person has. It’s the difference between somebody who treats like they own you for 40+ hours a week and somebody who understands that people are hired for what they know and not for their output quantity.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
If someone’s a piece of shit, whatever corporate mannerisms they do or don’t pick up are not going to be what makes or breaks the fact they’re a shit person.
peregrin5@lemm.ee 6 hours ago
I don’t think anyone is seriously upset about it but it is #justcorporatethings.
entwine413@lemm.ee 4 hours ago
It’s not just corporate. My last job was basically the antithesis of corporate work and they still said it, but it was usually when it was 15+ minutes.
Tja@programming.dev 7 hours ago
Why would you plan 0 minutes for a bathroom break? If you planned 5, now you have 9. You can make a coffee. You can check the news, or you favorite socials. You can stare out the window. You can start work on whatever else you planned after the meeting. You can rant on the interwebs about having 4 minutes back.
Eheran@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Who plans bathroom breaks…?
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
Someone who has back to back meetings scheduled for more than half their work day.