MiKeMcDnet OP t1_jeazd1x wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:23 PM

Reply to comment by PJP2810 in LPT: 30 min lunch break? Schedule for X:15 or X:45 so ppl don't schedule meetings. by MiKeMcDnet

People don't even check FREE / BUSY where I work... If it fit's their schedule, fuck you. I work 7:30A - 4:00P and people constantly schedule me for 4:00, 4:30, 5:00 meetings. I'll put up with some at 4:00, I'll just come in 30 minutes late that day as I have to be on the 8:00A status call (which is border on useless).

PJP2810 t1_jebsyjl wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:32 PM

Yeah, I work 7-3 (often 7-2:30 with shorter lunch)

I do almost categorically just not attend any after 3 - manager is fine with it so all good on that front.

Always make sure to claim the time back though - need to be flexible to a degree and get the same flex back

I tend to cave and shuffle my lunch for the mid day ones sometimes to the point where it ends up essentially nonexistent, which is a bit shit - need to push back more strongly on these sometimes

seamustheseagull t1_jee86bx wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:35 AM

I do odd hours a couple of days a week. I make a point of adding a permanent "Out of Office" block of time in the afternoon on those days.

You always know who doesn't bother checking the free/busy, by the people who send you a meeting request for these times.

Outlook/Exchange has an option for your calendar to "Always decline meeting requests which overlap with others". It annoys me that you can only apply this to the whole calendar and not specfic meetings.

PJP2810 t1_jee90jf wrote on March 31, 2023 at 11:43 AM

>I make a point of adding a permanent "Out of Office" block of time in the afternoon on those days.

Yeah, I have 3-5pm (our standard hours are 9-5) and a 1 hour slot for lunch in the middle of the day set as OoO every day.

>Outlook/Exchange has an option for your calendar to "Always decline meeting requests which overlap with others".

Wasn't aware of this, but yeah would only really be useful if I could set it for specific meetings as often the meetings getting out ontop of others outrank the first meeting - so wouldn't work too well as a blanked rule for me.