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[–] 73 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Kinda off-topic, but am I the only one who usually joins meetings five minutes early? I hate being late, and that way I give myself five minutes of peaceful troubleshooting time if my mic doesn’t connect, for example.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm hyperpunctual too, but I stopped doing this when Teams started pinging all invitees as soon as the first person shows up, because now showing up 5 minutes early just means the meeting is 5 minutes longer.

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  • [–] 76 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    That would annoy me, since Teams shows a "meeting started" popup when the first person joins a meeting.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    but wouldn't then people understand that the meeting has not yet begun? it'd be like a door opening at x:55 when the class starts at x+1:00, an open invitation to start gathering but the official start is in 5 minutes as scheduled

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Sometimes people take other people joining early as a cue that the meeting starts early, so there's a chance I'd miss stuff. Our company is very good with meetings actually making sense, so missing 5 minutes can be quite annoying.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    okay question because i don't know if i'm out of touch with corporate culture or just not american- are you amarican?

    because afaik in Europe it'd be considered rude to begin a meeting before a scheduled time, unless everyone who was supposed to be there is there and agrees that they'd like to start early

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I have all that turned off. A new chat pertaining to the meeting is added to the list of chats, but I don't see that unless I'm looking at the Teams window.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I almost always see the message "x has started the meeting. Join?" About 5 to 10 minutes before a meeting where x is any of many people, so you're not unusual

    I join exactly on time, though I get to the audio/video check a few minutes early to ensure my camera is live and the audio has chosen my headset not the camera microphone

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Always in exactly 2 minutes early. 5 minutes early always forces me to have awkward small talk with someone, usually the organizer.

    2 minutes is great. 30 seconds to get in, 1 minute for mic/sound check, 30 seconds left not long enough to have more small talk than hellos.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Five is already pretty late for me. I'm in the meeting 10 prior so my status changes. Camera is off, I'm preparing for the meeting, but it's good to be ahead of the game.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    What do you do when you have consecutive meetings?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    If the first one matters more than the second, I'll leave when the first one is done. If the second one is more important, I'll say "I need to prepare for another meeting. If there's any other business, email is best." and leave to be in my next meeting.

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