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[quote=Anonymous]Whether or not an 8am meeting is acceptable is depending upon the stated and implied expectations of the job and office environment.  If employees normally show up at 7am, then, sure, an 8am meeting is reasonable (and a 4pm meeting probably wouldn't be).  If they normally show up at 8:30, then it is not.

Obviously, there need to be exceptions for meetings with, say, customers in different time zones, but those should be planned out well in advance.

If the complainer here is accustomed to arriving at the office at 9am, and no one has ever suggested that there is anything wrong or unusual about that, then it seems reasonable for that person to consider 8am to be personal time and schedule (e.g.) a fitness activity for that time.

That said, as a general rule, I hate early or late meetings and also meetings scheduled on the same day (unless there is an urgent matter that needs to be addressed).  Most of us like to have some buffer for our commute to work, and also some time at the start of the day to address any issues that occurred overnight and to plan activities for the rest of the day.  Similarly, it is good to have some extra time at the end of the day to address any leftover issues before the end of the day.[/quote]

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