Posted: 5/28/2010 4:54:38 AM EDT
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During an average work week how many conference calls are you on.... |
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We used to do 2/week with our old VP. His droning ass and 15 ADHD salesreps made for some interesting "background" noise. Lots of toilet
flushing, farting and the occasional porn soundtrack. We were a very mature bunch. The VP would just drone on and on reading numbers. |
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I said 0-2.
They've become less conference calls and more individual calls. Especially since the current project I'm working on has a "chain of command." We can speak to our client only, they can speak to theirs only, etc. Yesterday I requested a current (ever changing) schedule from a guy 2 rungs up the ladder. He said get it from our client. He hadn't sent it to our client yet. 
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| 1 a day, Monday through Friday, except for every other Tuesday, when I dial into 2. Now that most of my department has been outsourced to an undisclosed offshore country located between Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh, I am involved in a lot of conference calls. |
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I just wonder what kind of Conference Calls the BP Oil Spill is generating now?
Probably at least two per day, 3+ hours, involving BP, Halliburton, Transocean and at least six different .gov agencies. Most likely epic shitstorms of bullying, posturing and passive aggressive backstabbing. I remember calling on Ford, they had an almost punitive attitude towards twice a day Conference Calls anytime there was a problem - basically them making you discuss timelines and corrective action plans, shitting all over them then demanding you bring something better to the next meeting four hours later. Their hope was you would throw any amount of $$$ at the problem just to make the pain go away. The oil spill must be the same thing X100. 
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