Ever sit in a dumb meeting and calculate how expensive it is to the client?

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Yup. I do it all the time. It's most fun during weekly "status" meetings with 30 people who all want to butch about how far behind or over budget the project is. Hey dipshits, maybe if you didn't spend $40k a week on status we could all get some actual work done.

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I calculate it when I drop the kids off at the pool

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Preach. They like me and my work is winding down. You don't even know what they want to shift me onto. Literally work for a $10 hr temp.

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https://hbr.org/2016/01/estimate-the-cost-of-a-meeting-with-this-calculator

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Pretty sure a lot of clients do the exact same thing 🙂

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No because I would've skipped it

Every. Damn. Day.

1 partner, 4 directors , 3 managers, 2 SA, 5 associates. Discussion topic relevant to: 1 manager and 1 SA.

Welcome to Consulting.

No I only do that when I'm sitting on their toilet.

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