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To add to that, if you default to the position that any meeting is pointless, you'll find yourself continually frustrated and likely wrong at times. Talk to your manager about time management and let them know where you think your time is best served. They may agree and give you the cover you need to duck out, they might revamp some meetings to be more effective, or they may just give you the context you need to have the meeting become more valuable to you personally.

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Or they may become offended, or cut you out of communications, or tell you their misunderstandings as if they’re true…

Many organizations cannot handle discussing or even innocently questioning their communication problems openly.

I would never use this calculator, for the record. There are ways to redeem the time, including trying as much as possible to make the bad meeting worthwhile.

[aspaceman]

> cut you out of communications, or tell you their misunderstandings as if they’re true…

Tell you their misunderstandings as it they're true. I really appreciate the phrasing there. Super useful for my own experience.

I would agree with this. A lot of folks retreat rapidly. One of the most common responses is "Why didn't you tell me this sooner so I could make meetings more useful?" It's a really slick deflection tactic.

I agree there are always ways to use the time better though.