Meetings at 8am — how common

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, this is just life.

I agree. I have to be at my school by 7:20 and classes start at 7:45. My own children attend a school that starts at 8:20.

It’s a struggle, but it is normal to me. We deal.

In our district teachers get before care at reduced or free rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to work with the DoD. 8 am meetings were normal, and you were expected to show up before 8 am (or call in a few min early) for them to do roll call and start the meeting promptly at 8.

Now in non-profit sector and anything before 9 would be unusual, but conferences and breakfast meetings all start at 8 or 8:30.

Pay for childcare, mostly schools do drop-in care, you don’t need to pay for the whole month to just use a few days.

No schools don’t have drop in care or partial months. They have to staff and retain people so you pay for the whole month. You can stop but then you can’t restart. Drop in? That’s just not a thing.

In my experience many schools do have drop in before care for kids enrolled in aftercare. Fewer have drop in after care.

[Anonymous]

Any regularly scheduled 8am meeting is a power/díćk move, full stop.

[Anonymous]

I worked at a consulting firm and we had once a month 7:00 AM Saturday meetings. Totally sucked. The partner said it was because of travel schedules and she didn’t want to mess up everyone’s weekend by having it mid morning or afternoon and that would allow us to have our whole Saturday.

I no longer work there!

[Anonymous]

We do not hold 8 am meetings at the large corporation where I work. (We have a hybrid work schedule -- in the office 3 days per week.)

It was probably 10-12 years ago where one of my colleagues pointed out that 8 am meetings were really hard for those of us with school-age kids. After that, I never saw another 8 am meeting. I think that people of all ages appreciate that it's not worth it to hold meetings at 8 am, as it takes a toll on working parents. (In the medical field, or in schools, I know that the workday starts earlier.) But for corporate people, the first meeting should be no earlier than 9 am in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to work with the DoD. 8 am meetings were normal, and you were expected to show up before 8 am (or call in a few min early) for them to do roll call and start the meeting promptly at 8.

Now in non-profit sector and anything before 9 would be unusual, but conferences and breakfast meetings all start at 8 or 8:30.

Pay for childcare, mostly schools do drop-in care, you don’t need to pay for the whole month to just use a few days.

No schools don’t have drop in care or partial months. They have to staff and retain people so you pay for the whole month. You can stop but then you can’t restart. Drop in? That’s just not a thing.

In my experience many schools do have drop in before care for kids enrolled in aftercare. Fewer have drop in after care.

We don’t have aftercare because our middle schooler is home by then. So even if that was a perk we would be spending $600 for the privilege

[Anonymous]

I’ve taught middle school for over a decade and have never been late. Arrive before 8 am every single day. No ability to limit parts of my “calendar” to have any element of flexibility. It’s really time to quit this job.

[Anonymous]

At my job, most meetings are scheduled between 9 and 5, but they occasionally start at 8 or run until 6. The higher you are in the org, the more you are expected to be available for 10+ hours every day. My boss (C suite) routinely is in the office - in-person - from 7:30 to 6:30.

My day is usually jam packed with meetings. The early and late slots are the last to fill up, but when there's no time available between 9-5, the early or late meetings pile on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be careful what you wish for. In my fully remote old company one mom raised a huge fuss she can’t do the weekly Monday 8 am meetings as getting kid on bus. The CEO asked her about her schedule and she said she gets up 645 to get ready for work, wakes kid up at 715 am to get ready bus.

He switched meeting to 6am to 645 am to fit her schedule. I was laughing. He actually was nice only did it for two weeks.

What a toxic workplace that must be if you think anything about his response is nice.

We had people all over. I had a 6 am meeting myself bi weekly as we had UK, Asia, people on call. I found it easy. I roll out of bed in pjs. I was fully remote what is big deal. In person in another thing.

[Anonymous]

I used to have a standing 8am weekly meeting. Other days meetings were scheduled from 9-5, no way could someone get away with blocking 4:30-5. The job paid well and you were expected to have child care to fill in the gaps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my job, most meetings are scheduled between 9 and 5, but they occasionally start at 8 or run until 6. The higher you are in the org, the more you are expected to be available for 10+ hours every day. My boss (C suite) routinely is in the office - in-person - from 7:30 to 6:30.

My day is usually jam packed with meetings. The early and late slots are the last to fill up, but when there's no time available between 9-5, the early or late meetings pile on.

My start up we avoided meetings 10 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 4pm core working hours. People are supposed to be working not in meetings. Meetings were start of day or end of day or mid day catch up. My calendar said Focus time 10-12 and 2-4 everyday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, this is just life.

I agree. I have to be at my school by 7:20 and classes start at 7:45. My own children attend a school that starts at 8:20.

It’s a struggle, but it is normal to me. We deal.

In our district teachers get before care at reduced or free rate.

Not in my district. I have to deal, just like everyone else.

We figure it out week by week. Sometimes my husband takes leave, and sometimes a neighbor or family friend comes over. Sometimes my parents drive 45 minutes to our house to prep the kids for school.

If mornings fall on me, I have to take 4 hours of leave (a half day) even though I only need 1.5 hours. The worst part is I have planning in the morning, so I don’t even need a sub.

[Anonymous]

Look for new job
It will only get worse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At my job, most meetings are scheduled between 9 and 5, but they occasionally start at 8 or run until 6. The higher you are in the org, the more you are expected to be available for 10+ hours every day. My boss (C suite) routinely is in the office - in-person - from 7:30 to 6:30.

My day is usually jam packed with meetings. The early and late slots are the last to fill up, but when there's no time available between 9-5, the early or late meetings pile on.

At your level you are making $500k and can hire a live in nanny who stays in your 7 bedroom house.

Sure, 8am is no hardship for your position

[Anonymous]

Yes, have lots to discuss before market opens. We have a before school sitter.