Meeting-free Fridays Are Great for Meetings
This Happened
At our company, Friday is a special day. Sometimes we have a team lunch or early finish to mark the day but every Friday we say “Have a Fantastic Friday” (the capitals are emphasized in how people say it).
I didn’t expect the following to happen on a recent Friday morning.
A Great Time for a Meeting
We need to have a meeting with our entire horizontal team. Unfortunately, a number of the team have a clash with other meetings.
The solution comes from a team lead. “Book Friday next time so mostly all can attend”.
This makes sense because we have meeting-free Fridays. At my company making meetings on Friday is increasingly popular as you have an increased probability of higher attendance.
Makes sense for the meeting organizer of course. It sucks for developers since meeting-free Fridays are a really impactful intervention companies can make for employee well-being. Let me justify that.
Why we Should Protect Meeting-Free Fridays
Friday should be a Fri-yay.
A 2019 survey, found that 67% of 2000 respondents agreed spending too much time in meetings significantly distracts them from…
