I am not sure what to say about that.
this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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I have missed work events to be at something that's important to my kids and I'll continue doing that. In 20 years the only ones who will remember late hours and time spent at the office are my children.
I remember the VP of Engineering for the company I worked for held a mandatory meeting for his managers on a weekend afternoon. One of his managers was a no-show, and when he commented on it another guy said "It's his son's tenth birthday and they're having a party." The VP looked incredulous and said "Why would anyone miss an important meeting for a 10-year-old's party?" Luckily it was a rhetorical question because no one said anything. Oh, and the VP was divorced and estranged from his kids; I wonder why.
When my coworkers plan meetings at noon I tell them to have fun without me cause that's when I eat lunch. They don't do that anymore.
I have a 1h meeting at lunchtime my TZ on every work day. It helps especially the Brits to respect continental lunch times.
We have a 'Lunch & Learn' at noon every other Friday... "No Actual Lunch Provided". There's no set agenda, just for people in IT throughout the company to get together and talk about anything tech related they want to discuss. It doesn't even have to be work related.
It actually sounds like a fun meeting that I'd love to attend, but... Friday is my Pad Thai day, and I'm not missing that.
Occasionally the company sends out emails about these extra optional special seminar things, random topics, often not even about work, and they almost always seem to "conveniently" be scheduled at like 12 or 1230, when people are most likely to take lunch.
Like, I see what you are doing and I don't like it.
Go to the seminar and take a separate lunch break.
Oh yeah, but it also really feels like bait to get people to do it while on lunch.
Right. Or Friday after 2pm. Fuck off with your work shit, some of us want to leave for the weekend.
They know that.
I can't wait to meet my peers that used the grindset mindset in the retirement home. Don't worry, I don't have kids, so neither of us will have visitors. The key difference will be them tethered to their computer striving to launch one last product.
I'll be on year 40 of my retirement.
That's a nice thought but this is the kind of guy who will hire live-in care