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8 am meeting on Monday: Fine or Not?

A bit of background, I'm at a company where most of the team is in London. The company recently expanded into the U.S., and so for now, we are only 5 people within the U.S.

They decided last week that we'll have a weekly 8 am all-hands sales meeting on Monday.

I just experimented my first 8 am meeting, and I'm not a fan. First, I'm not a morning person at all, and second, I hate internal meetings.

Not seeking advice. I'm just curious, am I the only one that thinks having an 8 am meeting on a Monday should be illegal? Like I get the time zone thing but c'mon put it at 9 am... It's a 6 hours difference, so for the London folks it'll be 2 pm instead of 1

8 am meetings on Monday are:

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Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

I think its dumb IF everyone is in the same time zone, if you have co-workers in PST and EST and you are working in California, it makes sense to have 8am.

So in your case since there is only 5 employees in the US the rest in London, it doesn't surprise me you have an 8am meeting

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Since it's a standing internal meeting, it's out of the way before the meat of your day starts, I'm not seeing an issue.

It's worlds away from a 7 am meeting on Monday set by an SDR and cancelled at 6:30 am same day.

It's remote, right? So roll out of bed at 7, get your coffee on, scan your emails and tackle the week!

Nairobi

Politicker

Yeah, that'd be no fun...

Don't know about the 7 am wake-up, did 7:40 this morning but maybe one day! haha

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Yeah, so this is a great way to kick off your day.

I guess I could tell you about the 6:30 am calls I have from time to time to support the Europeans at some of my customers.

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

I think 8 am is fine for me. But then again, I understand with you not being a morning person. At the same time, It's called adulting.

Nairobi

Politicker

Right, part of the process I guess haha I've always wanted to be a morning person anyways so maybe that's my first step.

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

Professional Day Ruiner

right that was my first thought. No one loves 8am meetings but welcome to having a grown up job. Your day starts in the morning.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Fine while I'm saying it with a whimper 🤣

Nairobi

Politicker

Lmao had the same reaction when my boss asked me if the 8 am meetings were fine

DismalRevenue

Good Citizen

Sales Director

If you have little kids any 8 am meeting is pretty much impossible, let alone a Monday morning.

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

I don't have kids and yet I agree with this!

Nairobi

Politicker

haha same! No kids, but still impossible

DismalRevenue

Good Citizen

Sales Director

Dogs count too!

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

Also, welcome to the War Room, savage! @DismalRevenue

ADK

Opinionated

VC Associate

Not a morning person, monday 8 am is quite brutal for me. I was on the other side of the boat, my boss who was based in US had to be very early all the time to catch up with the rest of the team in Europe.

Nairobi

Politicker

Yeah, my boss is up at 6-7 am to catch up with the team. I've told him I'll be up in a heartbeat if it's an external meeting. But for internal meetings, 8 am is my max lol

ADK

Opinionated

VC Associate

Yeahh I think being present for an external meeting is what matters 👍

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Seem unnecessary to me. But also makes some sense given the size of the US team and timing in London. 1:00 is right after lunch, 2:00 is a lot more disruptive

Nairobi

Politicker

Right, didn't think about it that way. Fair point!

coletrain

Politicker

Account Executive

To a point, a weekly meeting at 8am is fine.

If it is an hour of an exec constantly repeating things that everyone already knows, is "my way of selling or the highway", and everyone is disengaged, maybe not.

Nairobi

Politicker

It's the typical internal meeting of "this is what we did last week, what did you guys do?" Nothing serious, all of it could be said in an email.

Mobi85

Politicker

Regional Sales Manager

I have no issues with an 8 AM meeting any other day but Monday. I have found that having meetings at 8 AM on a Monday morning don't really accomplish anything but pissing off the group for the entire week. Also that time spent is typically dealing with the BS that has come in over the weekend and getting it handled first thing.

Nairobi

Politicker

Exactly! It's really the fact that it is on Monday that is annoying to me. Tuesday at 8 am would be fine haha

swizard

Celebrated Contributor

Sales Evangelist

The earlier the better

SalesBeast

Politicker

Sales Director

8am? Your paid to do a job right?
What’s the problem. 8am should be up and grinding….

Nairobi

Politicker

Lol I'm more of a 9 to 5 type of gal

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

ouch....this sucks. I would for sure see if they would be open to moving that shit.

Nairobi

Politicker

Tbh they probably would. I'm just waiting until I can no longer do this, or at least do it a couple of times before I ask to move this

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

Not a bad move. Do it a few times, show your a team player.
Then ask for the change. You should ask for it to be at 3:30 pm your time 😂😂

SoccerandSales

Big Shot

Account Executive

In this case, not super dumb because of the intense time difference, but I do agree that they could have put it at 2 pm to make it a bit more convenient for the rest of the team.

Wellss

Tycoon

Channel sales

I'm actually in a verrrry similar position where the majority of my colleagues & my manager are based in Finland. So, we have our weekly meeting at 8AM my time on Monday morning. At first it was the worst but I did eventually get used to it & now I actually kind of like it. It basically forces me to get out of bed on Monday morning

Nairobi

Politicker

Oh, nice! And good to know I just need to get used to this haha

NotCreativeEnough

Big Shot

Professional Day Ruiner

makes sense when trying to coordinate different time zones.

Is it annoying? Sure. but working by 8am shouldn't be that crazy or upsetting of a thing.

Nairobi

Politicker

Yeah I just gotta get used to it

sketchysales

Politicker

Sales Manager

get your ass out of bed and hustle 😂 Personally i dont mind. Id always rather start early and end early if I can.

Nairobi

Politicker

LMAO right, I'm like the opposite. I'm all about starting later and ending later

ThatNewAE

Big Shot

Account Executive - Mid enterprise

I wouldn't call it dumb, but it's annoying for sure. I need at least 2 hours to get my shit together from all the weekend excess sleeping. Sort my emails, get back to "Ohhhhh what's this jobbb".

Can't imagine a call at 8Am, I would lose it. Not going to be productive from me.

Nairobi

Politicker

We in the same boat!

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

get the meeting when you can. If they agree to it, its on them.

sugardaddy

Politicker

🍬

Depends. If its team-meetings, hell no. But! If the Client is ready I'm ready! :-)

Nairobi

Politicker

Haha exactly, if it's for a client meeting, I'll be up at 5!

CryptoPoor

Opinionated

Account Executive

It's mostly the Monday part that annoys me, especially if it's Monday morning. It's really not uncommon to have emails/missed calls during the weekend, so I like my Monday mornings to be empty, that gives me the time to catch up and make sure I'm up and running for the week.

My personal preference, Tuesday morning meeting. You have time to catch up on the weekend and what you didn't finish last week and can still leverage the information shared in meeting for the rest of the week

Nairobi

Politicker

Right, it's really the Monday part for me too lol like put it on Tuesday! Not like there would be much difference anyways

justatopproducer

Politicker

VP OF SALES -US

Better than my old weekly 4pm meetings on Friday.

And I was in a similar position but founders in other countries 12 & 7 hours ahead of me. They asked for 3 or 4am meetings.. nah bro, I want 70% ownership for that or you can kick rocks

Nairobi

Politicker

Haha yeah 3-4 am meetings HELL NO.

Happy

Good Citizen

VP Sales

8 am meetings are fine. But not on Mondays... There's nothing new to report tell that you could not have done it on Friday. Usually, you have to deal with a couple of urgent needs that popped up over the weekend. Best to do it Monday PM or Tuesday AM.

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

I think it's a way for some insecure leaders to incorrectly believe that they could get more out of their teams on a Monday, with this strategy. Thet couldn't be more wrong is what I think.

mwilly

Good Citizen

Enterprise Account Executive

11am at the earliest

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