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.
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
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.
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
No, I work in Germany.
huh! it’s spreading. i’d personally think it’d be rude to start before the scheduled time without everyone present