2 days of meetings
So I’m in Boston right now attending 2 days of meetings with my team, most of whom I never see. We’re spread out among several offices across the US, and while most people might hear “team meeting” and consider it to be a two day waste of time, I was interested in attending. We deal so much with each other via email and phone conferences, so it’s been great to interact with people in person and participate in discussions and brainstorming to see how we can improve processes. Email is great, but meeting in person is a must.
Our director hired someone who gave us an online personality assessment, and we’ll be meeting with that guy tomorrow to see how those came out. I full expect my report to say, “Does not play well with others.”
That’ll be interesting!! I’m sure I don’t play well with others, also… hehe. I like to do things my own way. People comment to me all the time that it must stink to sit so far away from everyone else– I love it! I see the visitors, for a few minutes at a time, and I see a handful of my coworkers, and it’s bliss.
I am a quality assurance supervisor from an outsourced call center here in the Philippines. I would correspond with our clients through email, phone conference (and sometimes, video conferencing) and just like you, I prefer meeting and discussing things in person really makes a huge difference. Good thing that our clients would visit our Manila office every quarter.