Was in a meeting with the leads on an account the other day, the account has been poorly run for multiple reasons and leadership got us together to discuss potential solutions. We get to status reports / hot sheets. Top boss suggests the account team run the status, PM would continue to update the meetings grid. Account Director says "so all the PMs are going to do is schedule meetings?" I dont think they want to see what happens if all we are doing is scheduling meetings.

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Addtl context: the account team has their own status, plus they have side convos and meetings that don't include PM. So it was a choice - include the PMs in all meetings and convos or run the status portion since they have up to date info. The way it is now our daily stand ups can last any where between 30 - 45 min because we spend so much time asking what the status of something is.

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One of our teams has AM/PM check in every morning before full team hotsheet, but it’s mostly because client asks change daily. It does help to align but it’s a lot of time to spend each day on hotsheets

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Exactly why I left agency’s. Client side so peaceful. One status meeting a week! One resourcing meeting a week! I get anxiety & flash backs just reading this.

Where/what industry did you transition to?

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