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workaday Wednesday
Jun. 26th, 2024 07:50 amWe use outlook at work, and we have the ability to have other peoples' calendars show up on our calendar -- pretty standard, as far as I know, and helpful if you want to know what the rest of your team is doing.
Before yesterday I would have thought that went without saying, AND YET. I was yesterday years old when I learned that my boss hasn't set their calendar to show their team's calendars. (Note: there are only THREE of us.)
(This came up because they messaged me to ask why I was working, since they thought I had the day off, even though it was clearly marked on my calendar that I was doing a half-day. Also they were the one to approve the time off request just last week. Also I emailed them specifically about it asking if we could move a meeting.)
*Do they not KNOW you can view other calendars??? (They MUST know, right???)
*Is it not standard practice to put your team's calendars on your calendar??? (I thought it was! But it's true that the company has no company-wide SOP for that stuff, so maybe not???)
*APPARENTLY some people think it is easier to deliberately initiate an interaction with someone than to check their calendar, or check approved time off, or review emails??? (I know in my HEAD that not everyone in the whole world is an introvert, but it still BOGGLES me every time I'm confronted with that reality.)
Before yesterday I would have thought that went without saying, AND YET. I was yesterday years old when I learned that my boss hasn't set their calendar to show their team's calendars. (Note: there are only THREE of us.)
(This came up because they messaged me to ask why I was working, since they thought I had the day off, even though it was clearly marked on my calendar that I was doing a half-day. Also they were the one to approve the time off request just last week. Also I emailed them specifically about it asking if we could move a meeting.)
*Do they not KNOW you can view other calendars??? (They MUST know, right???)
*Is it not standard practice to put your team's calendars on your calendar??? (I thought it was! But it's true that the company has no company-wide SOP for that stuff, so maybe not???)
*APPARENTLY some people think it is easier to deliberately initiate an interaction with someone than to check their calendar, or check approved time off, or review emails??? (I know in my HEAD that not everyone in the whole world is an introvert, but it still BOGGLES me every time I'm confronted with that reality.)
