The Meeting-

I am a young woman in my mid twenties and a business professional. I'm a planner and a little OCD but it's part of my charm. That being said I plan my time to make sure I'm making the best possible use of it in my home life (couponing, cooking, social events, cleaning) & work life (getting projects done etc).

I believe that the 2 biggest time wasters in the work environment today are:
1) THE MEETING
2) EMAIL

Example- I have to host a meeting to make sure everyone else is doing their job(basically babysitting). I then have to send an EMAIL to summarize our meeting basically stating I told person X to do their job, and I have to schedule another meeting to find out if person X did their job. (Babysitting person X to find out if they did their job since the last meeting)

I'm not sure if I just reached a mental breaking or what yesterday afternoon, but I started laughing hysterically in my office and realized that I am spending 28-32 work hours a week in meetings or sending emails about meetings. That means at best I spend 12 hours a week doing my job.

My workplace has just created the "sub meeting" for new customer launches. That means in between the "babysitting meetings" with the entire group I'm supposed to have sub meetings to find out where each person is with ordering parts, scheduling production, etc. It just gets funnier. I feel like I work in an episode of the Office or Seinfeld. With less cake and parties

I know that things change over time and many people say that my generation has a sense of entitlement which I think just boils down to laziness honestly. But I find it hilarious that I am babysitting people at work because I am in charge of the project and I'm supposed to monitor them. It is comical to me...... It's sad that this is what the workplace has become.