The sad fact is that many of them serve absolutely no purpose, except to allow some managerial staff to flex their stuff… and for everyone to pretend that there’s ‘quality’ team-building going on.
Pointless meetings that waste everyone’s time, energy, and sometimes even money, are an issue that many workers faceAn independent contractor shared what happened after he refused to waste his time going to unpaid, useless meetingsRedditor u/ChoctawJoe told Bored Panda that he absolutely didn’t expect his post to get so much attention online.
He continued: “Many people have had an overly aggressive authority figure at their job and everyone dreams of being able to tell that person to stop overstepping their boundaries, but we rarely get a chance.” The OP added that their situation is fairly unique: “I’m not an employee so I have much more flexibility and bargaining power. If I were strictly an employee then I would have been in a much different situation.”
The natural reaction, for many, is to do what the independent contractor from Reddit did: just not go. And if they have the audacity to demand that you come, you can then use it as the perfect opportunity to tackle the topic. For instance, you might do what the OP did and call them out on just how resource-intensive going to those meetings is.
“If the trend were renamed, ‘The New Boundary Setting,’ it would sound much more palatable. If you’re now able to set boundaries that protect your mental and physical health, then quiet quitting just means being prudent. It’s a helpful way to operate if you tend to be an overachiever, too.