Friday Afternoon Meetings

[gordon]

We have our staff meetings here on a Friday afternoon, I think it's the most unproductive time for such meetings as everyone's minds are elsewhere!

What do you all think and what do you think are the best times for staff meetings?

[linsbell]

First thing on Monday morning before the week starts and everyone gets into their schedules - works for me - certainly focuses people when you provide breakfast.

[Jackie G]

First thing Monday we used to have them in the ad agency where I instigated them.  They once slipped to the afternoon and it doesn't work - folk have just eaten and bodies are busy digesting food, and energy and brains are concentrated on that and not on work issues.

Anyway who wants to remember an issue on Friday afternoon to carry forward to Mondays?

Jackie
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[gordon]

And now my boss has cancelled the meeting which is even more irritating!!!!!

[mnaeempk]

We had a full day meeting today which ended at 7 evening (stretching by 2 hours). Crossing all limits. But here I am off to weekend.

mnaeempk
Naeem in Pakistan

[JessW]

I would have to say that the time of a staff briefing/meeting would depend upon how much input the management wanted from their staff.  and by that I don't mean what my bosses are doing - the London office have been asked/told to attend the Thistle Hotel on Tuesday of next week from 6pm til 8pm for a full corporate briefing.  Even if (or shoudl I have put especially if) they are offering a glass or two of wine! how much of the information and discussions afterwards are any of us really going to take in.  Mind you, it does give us a chance to get together for an informal social.

[spitfire78]

Back in the days when we used to have staff meetings (before my supervisor developed her "I don't care about anything or anyone" attitude), I always preferred first thing in the morning (8 a.m.).  Because it is just as you come in, you haven't had chance to start something that you then need to interrupt to go to the meeting.  Also, I am much fresher in the morning.  Afternoon meetings can put me to sleep!

[countrigal]

We've always chosen a Tue or Wed morning, first thing in the a.m., for the same reasons mentioned in the previous posts.  The reason we didn't use Monday, was that it is often a holiday (for government organizations) and we could easily go without a meeting for quite a while, depending on the time of year and # of holidays and where they fall.  It also gives us all one day to get into the week, to cover what happened over the weekend, etc before we meet to bring everyone up to speed.  So far, this seems to be working great.  (It also lets bossie know who is consistently late, as they seem unable to remember which morning we're doing the meeting and end up late to it too.)  Another reason not to pick a Friday or Monday is that those tend to be the days that folks pick for a day off, to coincide with their weekend, and you can end up with very few people at your meeting if they're all on leave.  I couldn't imagine a staff meeting on a Friday afternoon... who would be paying attention??? Not me, I can honestly say that.

CountriGal
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[tdonyel]

We have management staff meetings every Tuesday at 7:30 am. This time seems to work best for the reason's Countrigal mentioned, and since it starts before the rest of the staff gets in the office, there's little chance that other issues can occur to delay the start.

Terri

[gordon]

Thanks everyone for your input.