Meeting Location Etiquette

ss265 · July 2014

When you schedule meetings with someone, do you typically go to them or do you expect them to come to you? My general policy has always been that if I'm scheduling a meeting with someone because I need something from them, I would usually schedule it at their office or at a conference room near them if it's available. Recently though, I've had a couple of people schedule meetings with me but have asked me to come to them. I work in an office building with multiple levels and people's offices aren't listed in a system or anything so when I'm meeting someone at their office and I've never met them before, I have to email them and get directions to where they sit etc. I just feel that if you want something from me, you should come to me and not make me come to you. This really annoys me and I am wondering if I am being overly nice.

Thanks!

[Deleted User] · July 2014

By seniority or rank. I go to the person higher up the org chart.

As far as what people ask of me? I really don't care much.

[Deleted User] · July 2014

Let me expand on that.

There are a million things in a day that could annoy me if I let it. But I try to let those things go and not sweat the small stuff.

I would chalk this up to the small stuff.

ss265 · July 2014

MarlaSinger& said:

Let me expand on that.

There are a million things in a day that could annoy me if I let it. But I try to let those things go and not sweat the small stuff.

I would chalk this up to the small stuff.

You are probably right - the guy who did this to me had already annoyed me through email so scheduling the meeting at his office was just another annoyance. Of course, I also admit that I am pregnant and a little hormonal.

shannm · July 2014

Depends on what position the person has and if they share an office or not.

Puppies+Rainbows+Unicorns · July 2014

Peers in a conference room with people more than a couple ranks up the food chain in their offices. My pet peeve is people tend to be late based on seniority where I work...

*sparky* · July 2014

Like a PP people tend to be late based on seniority where I work as well and that drives me a lot battier than going to someone else's office for a meeting. As far as meeting location I have never thought much about it and just do whatever seems convenient at the time.

The one exception is if I am scheduling with a VP or other officer I will schedule in their office or in the conference room most convenient to them. I have certainly scheduled meetings in my own office and never considered it a power trip.

In the case you are describing I probably would not have given it a second thought. I get tired of being in my office all day anyway - it's a meat locker.

groovygrl · July 2014

Yeah I don't know, I haven't put much thought into this when in the actual building (vs going out to other organizations, etc). I often go to people but I like getting out of my office. I definitely don't ask ppl of a higher rank to come to me (in fact my current boss of 18 months has never set foot in my office, I'm not sure she knows where it is LOL)... others just sort of depend- will it be useful to be in my office b/c I have resources in there to use in the meeting or might want to pull something up on my computer, etc?
Eh, I dunno, it's just not a big deal to me and I don't think it really is w/ most ppl where I work.

ss265 · July 2014

Thanks for all your responses everyone!

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