I figured that once I stopped working for The Man and went out on my own, I’d be free of meetings. That’s not the case. Today I’ve set a personal record with eight meetings (technically speaking, six meetings and two conference calls). I have been liberated from the long, profoundly stupid meetings about nothing that often happen inside corporations. Plus, eight in one day lends a certain urgency to each one.
Heheheheh… There is no freedom from “The Man.” Even if you ARE The Man.
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conference calls are only slightly better than meetings. The only thing that saves conference calls is that you can do them in your pajamas.
when I worked at Telus, I used to relish coming in late on days that I had conference calls, and do them from bed. Muahaha, making sure that my coworkers (before the non-coworkers got onto the call) knew that I was wearing pajamas curled up in bed and they weren’t. HAH! Suckers.
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My freelance work seems mostly to consist of meetings and then me at my desk.
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I think one of the great things about conference calls is that they can cost upwards of 1$/minute. A real motivator for saving cash when you’re just starting out ;)
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Judd Yup - thats how it goes. I thought I was all “Indie” till I had to hire a contractor for a job, then suddenly I WAS the man. And demanded meetings.
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