TL;DR: Meetings are key to our work but should be used wisely.
At Uizard, we have some common meetings across teams. Here are a few examples:
Meetings are exhausting, and video calls are probably the type of meetings that drains the most energy. Meetings are not where work happens. They are only useful for syncing, aligning, and planning.
We use Slack for all synchronous and asynchronous communication and we only jump in video calls when absolutely necessary. We always try to make sure that meetings do not last more than 30 minutes.
Give people space! Working remotely or working from home doesn’t mean working all the time. It might sound obvious but it’s unfortunately not the case for all companies… No meetings on the weekend and no meetings in the evenings unless required by a major time zone difference.
All our meetings take place in Zoom; for better or for worse.
For this to work, we make sure that everyone is on equal footing during meetings. That means that even in our office, no one attends a video call meeting as a group. If 5 folks are in the office when a meeting is scheduled, they shouldn’t just gather in a room and take the call as a group. Why? Meetings transition from a global conversation to a local discussion in the meeting room where face-to-face chatters flow more naturally. Remote uizards will quickly feel completely left out, and we want to make sure we’re inclusive.