Hi guys:
My boss just sent me a calendar invite for Friday that just says “Quick catch-up”; I have no idea what it’s for; I asked him if I should prepare anything for it, he said no need and it’s just a quick catchup before the week ends.... what should I expect? It seems ominous... should I be worried? What are these cases usually for?
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This is a troll post, yeah? How could anyone on this forum possibly answer this.
Idk but keep us updated tho
Id just go ahead and pack your metaphorical brown cardboard box now..
just kidding- who the fuck knows?
You're not getting fired.
how come you are associate in pe and i have more emotional intelligence than you
Your boss isn't giving you a 2 day heads up on getting the can.
If you walk into work on a Friday morning and your boss pulls you aside.....bye
You should email him.
"Hi,
Should I be worried about our call on Friday?
Best"
Im your boss. You're fucked
"Intern in IB - Ind"
His boss must've created an intern account to give him a false sense of security, so it'll hurt 3x worse when Friday rolls around
Please elaborate.
it’s probably just your boss telling you that he wants you to do something different. whether he wants you to do something more, less, or something you are currently doing is a problem you won’t find out until then. If you were getting canned, you’d get that email on Friday, not 2 days in advance. My advice, just accept and act casual.
Show your boss who is boss by responding with a “tentative” to the invite.
HaHAA SBed
LOLed so hard in my cubicle that I may get that same invite...oh well
When my manager does that he usually wants to talk staffing. But that's in consulting. Plus, we're working from home. Typing it up in an email would take too much time for him so he puts an event in my calendar. I agree it feels a little strange to get it without any comment on what's it about. But he has more important things to do.
My group is having us reach out to the analysts (each of us were assigned 1-3) to check up on them and feign that we care about their well-being during this wfh period. Probably just some “how are you doing little bud” bullshit
damn, so y’all just pretending to care then
Best is with interns, they all try hard to ask good questions when I just want to talk about random shit knowing that anyways conversion will 99% depend on their case study.
Bro, wait til you learn the people in porn don't love each other.
Lol
Probably wants to check your bottom line
did he see you naked on a zoom call?
when Nero didn't appreciate Senecas work anymore, he demanded he commit suicide and leave his role within the royal court. I recommend you draw a warm bath, find your sharpest knife, and get your affairs in order. your day has come.
pls bro gimme one more chance
there is no due process in the hallowed halls of wall street. your fate is already sealed. either you take your life honorably, or will be drawn and quartered after we announce Q2 earnings
Well if you've read Suetonius, Nero did shit worse than that. OP is actually lucky, as he could find himself tied to a post, naked, with his boss covered with the pelt of a beast and rushing toward his private parts to, as the author puts it, "satiate his brutality".
Or for sure! Compared to others, Seneca got treated with respect and dignity
I mean, not sure how your firm operates, but is it really that unusual to have a 'quick catchup' with your boss? Especially if WFH and can't just walk into each other at the office. Seriously, but for the world I think this would be totally normal, and honestly does sound normal, but you must have some reason to be concerned...... (or maybe just nerves...?)
I’ve had this before and it was nothing bad. Relax a bit.
If the invite is for the afternoon, especially if after 3pm, NOT good. You should try delay doing any extra work for them and start thinking about exit strategies in case you get fired. If it's for the morning, no immediate worries. They never fire people in the morning. They will have to pay you for the entire day, so the capitalist thugs will make sure they get an entire day's worth of labor from you; they usually even give you extra work in the morning and/or make sure you complete/submit any work they previously gave you. If the meeting's scheduled for the afternoon, don't do any extra work for the suckers, even if they try to pressure you in the morning. Oh by the way, if you see HR being present in/suddenly added to your call, you're dead meat, my mate. I wish you the best. Let us know what happens!
Sooo you still have your job..?
UPDATE US IM NERVOUS FOR YOU
Looking forward to hearing an update on this. I'm sweating bullets.
how do people have the confidence to make threads like this not knowing how identifiable they are...
so what happened?
OP here... turned out it wasn't about me - boss checked in on a few projects and announced an internal change at the team (not related to me/my level)....
thank you for following up with us!
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