Does your agency have a "no meetings on Fridays" rule? Do they stick to it?

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Yeah, No Fridays meeting. They were moved to Saturday and Sunday.

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Which office you in lol

No company holds to it. Ditto with no meetings over lunch hour. I’m not sure whether they intend to have it actually be a thing or it’s just something they say to potential new hires.

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lol

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Literally had a 4pm friday brief and a check in scheduled monday at noon for multiple scripts. That was fun.

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Yeah that’s ridiculous

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We don't even have a "No meetings on meetings". All meetings get stacked.

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We are not. How? Clients don’t take Fridays (or weekends) off from their communication needs.

I’ve had a client who had no meeting Fridays in Summer. So that made it easier. I do think it’s something you can strive for and make exceptions.

It really depends on the client.

We are in a client business. You can try, and kudos if it works.

Ideas like this just devalue genuinely helpful moves because they’re unrealistic to uphold and compromise the importance of other - more useful - safeguards.

No, but I just decline them all.

Yes and no

If I’m scheduling the meeting I try to avoid Friday’s and noon where I can, but I get put in a lot of lunch or Friday meetings if clients are handing the meeting or if I’m backfilling on another team 🫠

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