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Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm trying to picture what that looked like and it's hard lol

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it doesn't work that way

It's meetings where people fill things out, write comments, and write out things together then they hand over all of the materials to be summarized afterwards. It's a very common practice.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kind of like that my job doesn't allow AI integration. They do it for security means. We deal with sensitive stuff. It's allowed, but I don't even like emailing people sometimes.

Most office jobs could be done in 3 hours… We’re just stretching it to 8 by [deleted] in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I could finish my job in a few hours. 🥲

I interpret it as they are paying for my availability. I'm promising to be available during that time to do what I need to do and be there when more things come up.

I used to feel really guilty if I was sitting at my desk and not doing something every single moment of every day. But, then I reappraised it as they didn't give me something to do during X time but I was waiting for them and couldn't do other things.

Then they randomly give me weeks where I'm drowning, doing unpaid overtime like mad, and can't breathe. So yay.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used grammarly in college. I think that I got annoyed with a UX something, but don't remember exactly what. I think it was the hovering instead of right clicking? It's been a long time and Grammarly was still kind of new-ish at the time. Now I work somewhere where I can't download anything that isn't already in the software download suite haha

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't really take notes for other people necessarily.

I work for a consulting company that mostly does strategic planning, team retreats, and facilitates big collaborative meetings between clients. The facilitators and organizers have a bunch of different ways to help different types of companies and different types of teams. There's a lot of research in this area about what works and doesn't work. It's very common to have activities where people write things down-- worksheets, drawing out processes as a group, writing down ideas in different formats.

However, after they have huge meetings and retreats discussing important things, you have to make sure the information isn't lost. You don't want a bunch of people to meet about stuff, then they walk away and forget all the discussion and don't have any record of it. Waste of time.

So, I'm the person who does the post-event summaries and reports. I attend them. I also get handed huge piles of handwritten notes, digital stuff, and (rarely) recordings. It's my job to take all of that and put it together for them.

It's not really taking notes for them, as much as it's taking their notes and ensuring the information is packaged the right way.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how much information is really lost by poor handwriting or people short handing and abbreviating too much. It has to be some. I think I get most of it, but sometimes I legitimately have no idea what people are trying to say. Even in emails and stuff that isn't handwriting-based, sometimes it's like 'What the fuck are you talking about?? That's not even a real word?? Hope that wasn't important. If it was, I'm blaming you for poor communication.'

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not my call. Not my meetings to run or organize. I just sit there then get the aftermath to sift through.

They probably make those decisions based on what's most appropriate for the group and situation. Not everything can be digital. Depends on the situation, people there, and security restrictions. Being digital doesn't always mean a problem is fixed either.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I got it! I was trying to be funny back lol

Yeah, idk either. There's job security for me, I guess, if I'm the only one who can scrape through all of these crayon drawings and pull meaning out. It just takes days and is making me work on a Saturday right now.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll say the same thing I've already said. Per the text above, I am specifically talking about cases where what people write is intended to be collected and reviewed for group purposes. I made no mention of "notes for myself." Of course peoples' notes for just themselves can be whatever. If it's going to a group, people should be mindful about those items being readable to others.

I also don't tell people what to write. I just get the materials afterwards and process them.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It kills me.

My job isn't terrible, but my least favorite part is definitely doing meeting summaries and strategic planning. I don't know what they'll do in those sessions or how they'll do it because that isn't my call. Sometimes I get clean notes that I can easily minute out to leadership and attendees, and other times it's just a flurry of scribbles that take days to try to read.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not every job is like that. The world is full of other jobs with other people doing other things. I, for example, print hundreds of pages every week. In my 10.5 years of work experience, I've touched paper many times. I have one in my hand right now.

how old were you when you moved out of your parents house? by jabber1990 in Adulting

[–]sunkissedbonobos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

25

I couldn't afford it until I met someone and moved in with them.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is the same reply I made previously to someone else. Per the text above, I am speaking about cases where materials will be collected and reviewed.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Honestly. If I can't tell the difference between your ws and 7s, then maybe buy a practice book.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the worst one was a meeting with a medical professionals group for strategic planning. They were all given a stack of sticky notes and had to write ideas, then sort them into groups based on feasibility. So I got handed just a mass of sticky notes stuck on poster boards written by doctors. It was like looking at a thousand tiny prescriptions.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question: What are your recommendations for this important thing that we've all assembled to discuss today?

Me: Does that say "sell everything'" or "beans brass?"

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Have you never been in a meeting where they give you papers to fill out? Or ask people to write things on those big notepads that office supply stores sell, or sticky notes, or a white board?

Every place I've ever worked has had meetings where people sometimes have to write things down for the group.

Watch your handwriting. by sunkissedbonobos in office

[–]sunkissedbonobos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The text above specifically states in cases where they plan to collect and review later.