Project managers. You’re killing my ability to get any work done. Pls help me understand - why do you put meetings in when my diary is clearly booked out? And why is there only 2 days notice? Do you not realise strategists need time to do actual work?
Genuinely don’t know what to do guys. I’m feeling so stressed with endless internal meetings, most of which are needless

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Decline the meeting..... say that ^

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I do this too. It’s not a perfect solution, but it helps.

The PM is not in charge of anything- so your question should really be, “who requested they set up this meeting and for what purpose?”
As to why they ignore your calendar? Because there are no slots open for everyone, so they pick one that works for the most or the most important and hope others can join.
As to why only 2 days notice? Because that’s the deadline handed to them by accounts or production or whoever.

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So often I’m finding it’s PM, or the even account director themselves. And that’s the bit I just can’t understand. Surely the A.D. knows that I need time to do headspace work, or in some cases, why don’t they even just check my diary and then find out I’m not even free? Do you think I should be working with accounts to try and get them to see deadlines from much further back?

Get better at hiding the key to your diary.

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That wouldn’t make a difference. I’ve played with both keeping my diary Private, and keeping it wide open. As the person above says, if the PM can’t find a slot that works for everyone, they just throw something in there and expect everyone to bend.

Talk to your boss, or the head of the department (that might be me...)

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