唔知大家多唔多會開？最近同行家傾閒計，大家都不約而同呻越來越多會開。例如：
📅管理層例行會議 – 每個月公司都會開管理層大會，以前就開會前，各部門同事準備數據俾部門主管，部門主管就自己做份report去開大會。而家就開會前成個部門一齊開2個pre-meeting做份report俾主管去開會。
📅Sales 例行會議 – 軟件公司簽單流量較少，通常1個星期1次。硬件公司簽單流量較密，例會有時比較密。有行家話，最近公司流行每日開2次1早1晚sales update，高層話已經好體貼，唔使大家返公司開。
📅特別會議 – 特別會議通常關於客戶重大投訴、老闆十分關注某件事、某Project嚴重滯後等等ad-hoc事務。大家遇到特別會議就頭痛，因為通常都有一大堆會要開。以處理客戶重大投訴為例：sales收到投訴首先開個內部會瞭解下咩事，再約高層、Project、Product、Support開個會大家sync下咩事，然後高層就指邊個邊個要做d咩，跟住就指示每日大家要開個會update下進度。安排同客戶正式見面開會解釋前又開多個pre-meeting大家rehearsal一下先夠穩陣。因為要跨部門rehearsal所以各部門又會自己開多個內部會喺rehearsal之前rehearsal一下…
究竟大家開多左會，係唔係真係解決問題快左？工作做得順左？開心左？
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How many meetings do you all find yourselves in? Lately, I’ve been chatting with peers in the industry, and it seems like we’re all noticing that meetings are piling up. For example:
📅 Monthly Management Meetings – Every month, we have a management meeting. Back in the day, each department would whip up some data for their manager, who would create a report for the big meeting. Now? The whole team gathers for two pre-meetings to prepare a report for the manager.
📅 Sales Updates – Software folks usually have less frequent signings, meet once a week, while hardware folks usually meet more frequently. Lately, I’ve heard that some companies are holding sales updates twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening. Management thinks they’ve arranged it in a more humanized way, because salespeople don’t have to trek back to the office for meetings.
📅 Special Meetings – These are for serious stuff—like big customer complaints, things the boss is worried about, or projects that are way behind schedule. When an ad-hoc issue pops up, everyone groans because it usually means a ton of meetings. For example, if sales receive a big complaint, they first have an internal meeting to figure things out. Then they invite the higher-ups, along with the project, product, and support teams, to sync up. After that, the higher-ups assign tasks, and suddenly, we’re meeting every day to check on progress. Before we meet the customer to explain things, there’s usually another pre-meeting to rehearse. Since the rehearsal involves different departments, each department often has to hold a pre-rehearsal meeting…
So, have all these extra meetings really helped us solve problems faster? Is work any smoother? Are we any happier?
As someone who’s been a master of none through different IT companies, I’ve seen all kinds of things—wacky stories, unique characters, and even some rare gems.
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