[ceejayoz]

> He asked staff to attend the meeting, which is normally optional.

If I get a note from my boss like that, I consider it mandatory.

[mock-possum]

Yeah I don’t understand why people are pretending not to understand this -

> He asked staff to attend the meeting, which is normally optional.

Clearly means that while normally the meeting would be optional, this time it’s not

[idiotsecant]

But it gets less mandatory the more layers up you go. If I get an email from an SVP that is CC: the entire division saying everyone should go to a meeting I will almost certainly be able to ascertain the contents of that meeting in 10 seconds from someone else who did attend

[brewdad]

Surely your boss notices your non-attendance.

[delecti]

If it's actually really mandatory, my manager will probably also relay that directly to me. And that resets the count for "less mandatory the more layers up you go".

[dpark]

Starting to wonder if some people who complain about all day meetings just don’t realize they are optional.

[idiotsecant]

The bosses function is to shield you from random time wasting junk. Either you haven't had to survive in a borg corporate environment or you have and you had a bad boss for it.