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Maybe I missed it but what industry are you in that a 7 am meeting is the norm?  Most jobs are 9-5.  I think most of the respondents here are having a hard time understanding how your job even has that many people at work that a 7 am meeting would be okay.[/quote]

It doesn't matter what industry.  She said that her large company shifted the meeting earlier to accommodate clients abroad, most likely in Asia.  7AM in EST would be 8PM in Tokyo.  8AM would be 9PM.  The clients probably asked if the meeting could start later and OP's company, wanting to appeal to the customer, agreed and is just making the employees accept the schedule.  This has happened in many industries that have Asian-based clients.

OP--this morning, I dropped my kids off for Spring camp.  As I was about to pull out of the parking lot, I got a text asking if I was in the office yet.  A meeting that I was supposed to be invited to last week had started and the coordinator had forgotten to include my email on the invite, so I had never seen it.  I just pulled into an empty parking spot at the facility and dialed into the meeting.  Most days, after I drop my kids off, I pull into the guest parking spots at their school and check my email to see if there is anything urgent that I need to attend to and how quickly.  I have called into last minute meetings from the school parking lot on more than one occasion or sat there in a guest parking space sending reply emails to things that need an answer before I get into the office.

It's not an issue.  I would guess that no one notices or cares.  I've certainly never had anyone approach my car.  Even if a police officer approached, they would just ask what I was doing and I would explain that I had just dropped my child off at school and was responding to a message before driving to the office.  But I can't imagine even this happening.  Just pull into a guest parking spot at the school and dial into the call.[/quote]

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