What do you do when a coworker keeps scheduling meetings over your focus blocks? I’ve tried blocking my calendar, but they ignore it every time. It feels awkward to call it out, yet my days keep disappearing into pointless check-ins.

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If they’re a coworker, just suggest an alternate time. You probably need to make some judgement calls about if it’s because there’s a lot of people on the meeting and difficult to schedule, or if it’s for something urgent, but elsewise just say as per your calendar you’re not available at that time, what about X time and date? Hopefully after you continue to enforce it they’ll get the point.

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So true, it takes at least two people to have a meeting so if you don't like the time suggested offer a different one with a decline for the time suggested as well

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