[slg]

Fun app for personal use, but it seems rather passive aggressive to display this in Zoom if you aren't the one who called the meeting. Voice a concern if you think a meeting isn't necessary. Don't quietly try to undermine the meeting as it is happening. And odds are if this is something everyone on the team wants to include in a meeting, the team probably already puts a priority on not wasting time in meetings.

[PragmaticPulp]

Agreed. Passive aggressive approaches like this app should be left to fantasy.

If you have a problem, learn to handle it like a professional adult. Talk it out. Propose alternatives. If you find yourself in a 127-person Zoom call that isn’t relevant to you, just leave and send a note to the meeting organizer that you’re not available for such meetings and ask them to please let you know if anything comes up that is specific to you.

Making a scene by holding up an app and being passive aggressive about the point you’re trying to make is not a productive way to communicate. It likely won’t have the intended effect, either.

[mnd999]

Yeah, it’s not a constructive approach. I would not want to work with anyone who pulls stunts like this, no matter how “clever” they are.

[123pie123]

>Voice a concern if you think a meeting isn't necessary

Correct, I simple ask if I can be excused from the meeting.

Which I find myself doing occasionally, since a lot of people do not bother looking at anyones busy/ free calender and I end up being quadriple booked

[cpeterso]

I would also recommend voicing your concerns privately with the meeting host (before the meeting). Publicly asserting some meeting isn't necessary could feel like an attack on the meeting host. Give the host an opportunity to be the "hero" who improves or cancels the meeting. You can get the outcome you wanted without looking like a jerk.