Many times, for the sake of respecting everyones time, its best to communicate remotely.
Especially when it comes to minor quibbles.
They can rack up quite an expensive bill for the client.
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Unnecessary work meetings arent just a huge waste of time.
And a whopping third of all meetings are utterly unnecessary.
Going to noncritical meetings ends up wasting roughly $25,000 per employee, per year.
Meetings do control us, and bad meetings have an enormous cost.
You get a meeting invite and say, I dont need to be there, yet you say yeswhy?
Rogelberg told Bloomberg that most employees go to meetings even when they know theyre not vital.
In short, there are lots of subtle reasons why people simply dont decline meeting invitations.
Thats roughly 11 million of these each day.
The problem is likely only to get worse.
Since 2000, employees have been spending 8% to 10% more time in meetings every single year.
They also need to makethe point of the entire meetingvery clear, and upfront.
Diplomatically, of course.
