Pointless meetings designed to irk contractors

[Churchill]

Indeed...

Conversation in a downwards-travelling lift:

Me: "So, this picnic in St James' Park - I assume this is billable time?"

Chap-In-Charge: "Absolutely! It's an essential team-building exercise - bill for it."



(And a touch of on his part, too )

Don't forget to drop him a bottle of his favourite stuff when you leave...

Churchill - In "It works wonders" mode!

[NickFitz]

On the client site, eating the client's biccies, listening to a client / client supplier talk rubbish = billable.

Indeed...

Conversation in a downwards-travelling lift:

Me: "So, this picnic in St James' Park - I assume this is billable time?"

Chap-In-Charge: "Absolutely! It's an essential team-building exercise - bill for it."



(And a touch of on his part, too )

[Spacecadet]

I've had very short term contracts where the only thing I do is go to meetings



Still it IS billable

[RichardCranium]

Because if it's a truly pointless meeting, it's unlikely that it will fall within the scope of the services a consultant is contracted to provide. Hence they usually aren't billable. If it's to listen to another consultant talk about an outsourcing that's nothing to do with you, it sounds like it's in that category.

On the client site, eating the client's biccies, listening to a client / client supplier talk rubbish = billable.

[thunderlizard]

Because if it's a truly pointless meeting, it's unlikely that it will fall within the scope of the services a consultant is contracted to provide. Hence they usually aren't billable. If it's to listen to another consultant talk about an outsourcing that's nothing to do with you, it sounds like it's in that category.

[RichardCranium]

Hourly rate for working: £n

Hourly rate for sitting in meetings: £n

What is the problem?

[kali]

I don't usually do meetings - they are for permies.

I use the time more constructively such as posting here :

[ThomasSoerensen]

no.

[BrilloPad]

Any meeting is pointless.

[Bagpuss]

Perhaps I can substitute you for the meetings? Ir35 friendly and you would enjoy yourself. A win win in meeting talk.

[ThomasSoerensen]

thank you

[Bagpuss]

I would rather gouge my eyes out than sit in one more meeting where someone says

"online"
"offline"
"synergy"
"outside the box"
etc.

Pointless management talk for people who plan, more than they actually do.

[expat]

If the time is billable the meeting is not pointless.

[ThomasSoerensen]

If the time is billable the meeting is not pointless.

[Bagpuss]

Just had one, pointless presentation by a jingo speaker followed by an FYI on the progress of outsourcing most of the department to India. The good news in by early 09 they plan to outsource half of the department.

When opened up for questions I stopped myself asking "So do you see yourself as the Primark of the Pharma industry?" followed up with "When do you anticipate the utilization of child labour will come online".