I try to join about 5 minutes before because I’m terrified of being the first person or the last.
My workweeks are 25 to 50% meetings, the vast majority online. I try to be exactly on time as much as possible, can’t afford to be in advance, will notify if I will be more than 3 minutes late. I send a message to participants if they are not all here after a couple of minutes, not to put pressure, but I know it’s easy to be concentrating on something and miss the meeting, it happens to me as well.
If I’m hosting 5 minutes early. If I’m attending, 2 minutes early unless I’m the only one attending from my org, in which case exactly on time.
Zero minutes early to one minute late (for work ones). I hate the virtual meetings, and the software is robust enough I trust it. If it’s something else where I have to use my phone (doctor appointment or similar) then more than 5 minutes ahead to make sure I have time to reach out if it isn’t working.
In teams you can see how many are already in.
If in hiding in try to be the first though, but not too early because people get a notification that the meeting has started. And might go on earlier than required
5 min early. If you’re not 5 min early, you’re late.
Honestly, usually it’s 4-5 min early: I’ll pop in and noodle about prepping whatever, documenting something or just staring out the window a sec to clear my head. I’m usually very satisfied I’m not late by normie standards because being on-time shows a modicum of respect to others. If it’s a shit meeting, that’s an exception. I have one where I’m noticeably barely-on-time, and everyone points it out.
I’d encourage meetings to lock at the start time if I could, so late joiners wait in the lobby until someone opens the door, and then we’ll know whom to heckle.
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If I’m running the meeting, 5 minutes. If it’s large group meeting, 2 mins early. If it’s 1:1, right on time.
This is the way
I join when the meeting reminder pops up and I click “join”, right on time. I don’t like small talk, no point in being early.
Plus it’s not like there’s anything happening in the first couple minutes. The more people who are in the meeting the more likely someone will be late anyway.
I feel like people who join really early are basically saying “Tell me you have nothing to do without telling me you have nothing to do.”
Probably people who were raised by military parents. My instinct is to join early as fuck, like 10 minutes. I blame my father forcing me to show up early for everything.
If you’re early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late.
I had a job like that some years ago, where you were expected to arrive at 540-45 to pregame the day but not clock in until 6. Kind of unspoken, but you knew it was frowned upon if you showed up right at 6 by the death glares (they knew they couldn’t mandate being early because laws, but it was just a soft expectation). Someone must have said something, because they don’t do that anymore, I’m sure that went over super well for whoever said something.
Sometimes I join really early BECAUSE I have stuff to do. I lose track of time, so I’ll open the reminder and keep the room running in the background while I accomplish something else, once I hear someone talking, I’ll switch tabs and focus on the meeting.
This is me, too
Not quite. I join on time because I’m busy and if I don’t join now I will completely forget. I just keep working until everyone else gets there and the I’ll turn on my camera and mic.
I teach over teams. I plan bullshit for the first 5 - 10 minutes, because there will always be late people.
On time, even when presenting. Starting early makes other people feel obligated to join early, so I don’t do it. No reason to extend the meeting longer than the listed time.
On the dot if I can.
Same here.
Usually as soon as Teams notifies me of the first person starting the meeting.
How can you not always be the first when youre 5min early, wtf xD
Usually anywhere from 2 to 5min before because my stupid ass laptop has a 50% chance of just forgetting how audio devices work and I have to test them every time.
I join at exactly the designated time. If you wanted me there five minutes earlier, then schedule the meeting five minutes earlier. Don’t jerk me around with some expectation that I’m going to do anything other than what you asked for. Also, most of the folks I work with tend to be booked with lots of back to back meetings; so, no one is showing up early anyway. We all show up at the designated time and anyone late can catch up when they show up.
The “early is on time” mentality makes some sense for physical meetings and appointments. For virtual meetings, it just demonstrates that the person has no understanding of how technology works.
I join at the exact time it starts. If I join earlier, I may get pulled into unnecessary small-talk platitudes that are like nails on a chalkboard to my depressed-as-shit self.
