Why is it assumed PMs are responsible for scheduling all meetings and taking notes? When did this happen? I was responsible for providing a recap of meetings in the sense of next steps, not in depth notes on the conversation. As for scheduling meetings, I was responsible for scheduling the milestone meetings (kick offs, internal reviews, post mortems, status meetings that I led), I did not schedule the team reviews (CD reviews with ADs/CWs), client meetings, etc. Comments?

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PM is like glorified baby sitting most days. SMH

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Yet another reason why I’m glad to be out of Advertising. Grown ups take their own notes and the PM aligns everyone on the next steps

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Tough spot. At a high-level, PMs need to ensure the project runs well, which usually means meetings need to occur and run well. If the most senior person on the account has an EA, perhaps they can help scheduling, especially when external parties are involved and you can't see there calendars.

I have various PM overview presentations that I share with stakeholders - ideally at the beginning of an engagement. One of the slides contains PMs are vs PMs are not. Meetings and Notes are on the "not" slide.

Complicates matters when the PM is the most junior person in the room or on the team.

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It needs to come from the department head of PM. We definitely only schedule meetings relevant to the project. Account management and mostly the AE is responsible for scheduling everything else.

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We have been trying to get the head of our department to make a decision on this type of thing since February! Depending on the PMs background, we all have different opinions.

I have no idea why it’s assumed but I agree it sucks

One thing you could try is assigning a note taker for the actual meeting like a junior or something, or bring in someone outside the team that can just scribe. That approach has helped me when I have to actively direct the meeting and/or conversations

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