PJP2810

PJP2810 t1_jee90jf wrote

>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.

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PJP2810 t1_jebsyjl wrote

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

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