If you send me a 25 minute meeting invite, I’m going to assume you have commitment issues and the 30 minute option was scary to you….

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Or how about the fact that meetings constantly run over by 5 minutes and messes up other stuff so the goal is to wrap up after 25, to allow for for overflow.

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Def need like 15 for a Pooh break.

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lol what? What a weird take OP

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This is toxic. 25 min is professional courtesy

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I think it's a commendable approach and I appreciate the effort even though it's often disregarded

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Imagine being upset about others trying to be intentional and hold shorter meetings. Sheesh.

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Author, you sound upset. Wake up.

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I’m on a project right now that requires 25/55 min meetings bc people need 5 min to walk in between meeting rooms/water breaks/etc

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or perhaps the organization is set up that way to hold meetings in 25-min intervals

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I set to 25 to give time back since many of us are in strings of back to backs sometimes.

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According to YouTube most Gen Z believe 25 mins is quarter of an hour…

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Or maybe they want to let you go to the bathroom between meetings?

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OP… it’s was a standard setting that got pushed heavily during Covid 😂 I don’t know anyone that actively changes the duration manually

….. I had no idea People could be so passionate about a 5 minute gap.

Either make the meeting 15 minutes, or don’t but 25 minutes is a half measure.

Congrats on the engagement on this

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