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[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

but wouldn't then people understand that the meeting has not yet begun? it'd be like a door opening at x:55 when the class starts at x+1:00, an open invitation to start gathering but the official start is in 5 minutes as scheduled

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Sometimes people take other people joining early as a cue that the meeting starts early, so there's a chance I'd miss stuff. Our company is very good with meetings actually making sense, so missing 5 minutes can be quite annoying.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

okay question because i don't know if i'm out of touch with corporate culture or just not american- are you amarican?

because afaik in Europe it'd be considered rude to begin a meeting before a scheduled time, unless everyone who was supposed to be there is there and agrees that they'd like to start early

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

huh! it's spreading. i'd personally think it'd be rude to start before the scheduled time without everyone present