What, out of curiosity, would happen?
It was a long drawn out scenario with lots of nonsensical steps… long story short - the CDC would shut us down and we all work from home. But here's a new fun time waster: Take the number of people on the call (67 today) and guess at average salaries (I went with 100k based on the people I knew on the call). Add 30% for benefits weighting (which is on the low end) and figure the cost of the call. 100,000 x 30% = 130,000 130,000 divided by 2000 = $65 per hr $65 x 67 people = $4355 per hr $4355 x 2.5 hours - $10,887 meeting cost that's $72.5 per minute in people costs (not including other costs like conference calls, buildings, webex, etc) so that's $11,000 to remind us to follow common sense
I was at a meeting once about floor pockets at a stage at a large university. It was a project under construction and there was a flag on the play. The entire architectural team showed up - 5 architects, 8 consultants, 6 university representatives. The contractor was at lunch. When he reappeared half an hour later, we asked him "can you move that?" He said "uh, yeah. Is that what this is about?" An hour there, an hour back, 20 minutes to park, 20 minutes from the car, half an hour waiting, 15 minutes to debrief and talk about all the time we just wasted, times 19 guys that bill out at $200 an hour.
hahahaha that's nothing. Yesterday I had a call with 137 invitees that was only on dial-in. I don't know how many people did dial in but I know it was enough that the call was "full" when I attempted to do so. I think the limit is 125, so sounds about right. I'll have this call once every quarter.
I guess it would take one person not following common sense to make significantly more damage than $10,000. Although maybe there was a better/cheaper way to convey that information. Like a mass e-mail? But who reads those carefully... They might have had a meeting before the conference to decide how to tell you guys :P Yay corporate.