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” (that we will likely have to spend doing work for the company anyway) even though there is literally nothing else to discuss.
4 minutes may not even be enough time for a bathroom break.
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.
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
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 you 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.
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” (that we will likely have to spend doing work for the company anyway) even though there is literally nothing else to discuss.
4 minutes may not even be enough time for a bathroom break.
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.
Who plans bathroom breaks…?
Someone who has back to back meetings scheduled for more than half their work day.
If it’s a zoom I just shit with my headphones on.
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
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 you 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.
I don’t think anyone is seriously upset about it but it is #justcorporatethings.