The grass is not always greener

[SussexSeagull]

I am of the opinion everyone should work at a start up once in their career, although I managed to do it in my 20s as a permit with no mortgage.

Problem is some companies still behave like start ups 5 or 10 years into their existence, i.e. paying late and not having any process.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

I recently took a 15% rate cut to do 50% less work.... Actually enjoying life for a bit less money. Lots more free time for family and plan B.

[PCTNN]

Using a stand-up as a time to get some fresh air sounds nice though. Do it on your earpiece while you walk the dog and get paid for it

I'd rather walk the dog and chat with my partner and actually enjoy my lunchbreak without the hassle of having to follow a standup. I get paid regardless whether I work during my lunchbreak or not.

[PCTNN]

I recently took a 15% rate cut to do 50% less work.... Actually enjoying life for a bit less money. Lots more free time for family and plan B.

That's the way to do it. Money is secondary, time to spend with your loved ones is the scarce resource here.

[Whorty]

Scrums are - what did you do yesterday, what are you doing today and where do you have problems with a brief overview so that appropriate people volunteer to help.

Anything beyond that is for outside the scrum meeting…

And yet how many PMs book 30 minute standups each day, for 3 people?

[PCTNN]

And yet how many PMs book 30 minute standups each day, for 3 people?

That's because 30 minutes is the default meeting length you get in outlook and you get 30mins intervals in the wee dropdown. Knowing it's PMs we're talking about, I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't figure out how to manually shorten meetings in outlook

[d000hg]

And yet how many PMs book 30 minute standups each day, for 3 people?

It's a good chance to have a bit of time for general chat after the SU bit on anything that crops up. Sometimes our meetings are 15min sometimes 3.
Although the argument any meeting tends to fill to the time allotted (and a bit more) is often valid depending who is in your time. Some teams are very terse, some have at least one person who just wants to ramble on and on.

[Paralytic]

Some teams are very terse, some have at least one person who just wants to ramble on and on.

MaNy internet forums are Like that too - someone who is jUst too Keen to add their opinion to every single post.

[d000hg]

MaNy internet forums are Like that too - someone who is jUst too Keen to add their opinion to every single post.

And likewise there's often a little bully who can't see a professional discussion is not the place for personal attacks. Off you trot to General. The number of typos in your post makes it seem like you were probably typing with one hand getting all excited.

[sadkingbilly]

And likewise there's often a little bully who can't see a professional discussion is not the place for personal attacks. Off you trot to General. The number of typos in your post makes it seem like you were probably typing with one hand getting all excited.