OT-Conference Calls

Submitted by IB6UB9 on

I work for a company on the west coast (I am CST) that on a moments notice will schedule 2 hour calls that go two hours long and keep me on the line until late on Friday.  The maximum a call should go is one hour before you lose everyone-so stupid.

That is all.

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sadeto

May 8th, 2015 at 6:47 PM ^

If you're CST then you're off site so you can get stuff done while people are yapping in the background. I've been on plenty of calls longer than two hours.

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CoverZero

May 8th, 2015 at 7:23 PM ^

Is your company failing?  Most comanies doing 2 hour conference calls, unless its specialized training... are stuck in the 90s and wasting valuable time and resources. 

Keep meetings short and lines of communication open always...its 2015.

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Jeff09

May 8th, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^

Nothing gets me more than some jerkoff calling a conference call at 8pm or later or 5pm on a Friday. There's a little saying of mine called 'Monday's business'

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SWPro

May 8th, 2015 at 8:02 PM ^

Conferemce calls with Japan are the worst.

 

Always gotta be in the morning and like to use them as morning social time. Then you have to detail things to death because, hey, we got all day right!?

 

But hey they got pretty good senses of humor and I get paid OT.

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UMfan21

May 8th, 2015 at 8:07 PM ^

what sucks about working for a west coast company and living on the west coast are the stupid east coasters who schedule 7am calls at 6am, totally fucking up my morning routine without notice. you work for a west coast company, follow west coast hours. you work for an east coast company, follow those hours.

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bronxblue

May 8th, 2015 at 8:12 PM ^

I've long ago stopped caring about long calls. In this day and age, we have better technologies than a bunch of people talking over each other on a phone.

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East German Judge

May 8th, 2015 at 10:57 PM ^

+1.  If I had a dollar for every time I did that while on a conference call, I could quit my job and be on MY own island.

I have an Italian boss (one who has born, brought up and worked in Italy) who while on conference calls does the following often with both hands, cracks us up....

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GRBluefan

May 8th, 2015 at 8:20 PM ^

A white boarding session to strategize how to end the calls. Then work out the details via a webex. If there are any loose ends you can take care of them in your Monday morning huddle

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