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Book your calendar for right after the 30 minutes. When you go for the meeting politely say that you can only spend 30 minutes today because you have another meeting/appointment scheduled.
I just start working on other stuff while on the meeting after 15 minutes, schedule another meeting when this meeting is expected to end, or as others suggested to work in an agenda.
Others tactics could be looping the conversation back to tech based on the topic at hand, scheduling a weekly call with another colleague around that time, getting a “phone call” and then having to jump off, “internet connection issues” (unless it’s in person - god help you), or another way to get away.
I love a good catch up call, but it shouldn’t run on more than 15 minutes beyond time & not everytime. My old boss and I could talk for hours - but we always had guard rails and wouldn’t dare triple the meeting time, especially if others were on the call.
we still have end of week meetings so it’s not even about having weekly meetups. i just feel this is jsut for my boss and coworker to have when they are bored.
I would leave it alone. I am sure you are not the only one that feels this way. Maybe offer your boss assistance by creating an agenda to keep your boss focused and help yourself and your colleagues to list relevant topics that need attention. Otherwise I believe that telling your boss that the meeting is not necessary might backfire on you.
You listen and tell her that you have hard stop in 30 mins due to other obligations.
They are your boss, and not the other way around, for a reason.
Holey draconian hellscape of unhelpful advice. Yes, because they were born earlier. 🙄