Seating position at a meeting

lunacyfoundme

My boss always insists that people he's meeting with sit with their back to the windowed side of the room so he can sit facing the window and doors.

Is this some sort of business power move or Feng Shui crap?

Menas

Sounds like a control freak.

wexie

lunacyfoundme wrote: »

My boss always insists that people he's meeting with sit with their back to the windowed side of the room so he can sit facing the window and doors.

Is this some sort of business power move or Feng Shui crap?

Maybe, or maybe he just wants to be able to look outside?
If you want to find out try to get into the room first and sit where he normally sits. See how he reacts and deals with it.

anncoates

Perhaps an unemployed, sex-crazed East-European couple live in the apartment facing your meeting room.

kneemos

lunacyfoundme wrote: »

My boss always insists that people he's meeting with sit with their back to the windowed side of the room so he can sit facing the window and doors.

Is this some sort of business power move or Feng Shui crap?

How do you get a door on the same side as the windows?

o1s1n

Sounds like he wants all eyes on him and not people gazing out the window.

The kind of logic a teacher uses in school, dick move in an office really.

heroics

kneemos wrote: »

How do you get a door on the same side as the windows?

http://media.onsugar.com/files/2010/01/02/3/48/487764/9821faafbbcd3032_Meeting_Room.jpg

Tombi!

kneemos wrote: »

How do you get a door on the same side as the windows?

Wall door wall window

Like that?

kneemos

heroics wrote: »

http://media.onsugar.com/files/2010/01/02/3/48/487764/9821faafbbcd3032_Meeting_Room.jpg

That's a wall.

lunacyfoundme

Sounds like a control freak.

Total and complete. Has been destroying the business and staff morale since he took the job.

http://media.onsugar.com/files/2010/...eting_Room.jpg

Yeah it's like this, windowed wall, glass wall, whatever tickles your fancy. It only looks out into an open gallery type area and the vertical blinds are mostly drawn anyway.

AnonoBoy

He's the boss.

Shut the f*ck up and sit where he says before he cans your ass.

Like a boss.

kneemos

lunacyfoundme wrote: »

Total and complete. Has been destroying the business and staff morale since he took the job.



Yeah it's like this, windowed wall, glass wall, whatever tickles your fancy. It only looks out into an open gallery type area and the vertical blinds are mostly drawn anyway.

Feckin fecker.

seamus

Paranoid.

He prefers having his back to the wall because then he can see what's going on. He doesn't like anyone sitting beside him outside his peripheral vision because then he can't see what they're doing.

Merkin

Is his name David Brent by any chance?

lunacyfoundme

He's the boss.

Shut the f*ck up and sit where he says before he cans your ass.

Like a boss.

Only the Board can fire staff and they all hate the boss' guts so I think I'm safe the for the time being.

Paranoid.

He prefers having his back to the wall because then he can see what's going on. He doesn't like anyone sitting beside him outside his peripheral vision because then he can't see what they're doing.

Yeah as was mentioned before he's a complete control freak so this is probably true. I don't think it's anything as innocent as it being good Feng Shui.

Son Of A Vidic

lunacyfoundme wrote: »

Is this some sort of business power move or Feng Shui crap?

No, I suspect your boss knows there's a contract out on him. So him keeping an eye on all access points is probably a wise move.

Bog Standard User

anncoates wrote: »

Perhaps an unemployed, sex-crazed East-European couple live in the apartment facing your meeting room.

he is looking at naked fat guy from friends

paddy147

lunacyfoundme wrote: »

My boss always insists that people he's meeting with sit with their back to the windowed side of the room so he can sit facing the window and doors.

Is this some sort of business power move or Feng Shui crap?

Your boss isnt Tom Barry by any chance??:pac::pac:

kneemos

Does he drive an Audi?

SEPT 23 1989

Your boss draws his powers from the sun

Dr Turk Turkelton

Your boss is doing it wrong.
The power move in a meeting is to sit with your back to the window and your opponents squinting into the sunlight.

The Backwards Man

When I saw the thread title I assumed this would be a very boring thread. How wrong was I?

Elbaston

lunacyfoundme wrote: »

My boss always insists that people he's meeting with sit with their back to the windowed side of the room so he can sit facing the window and doors.

Is this some sort of business power move or Feng Shui crap?

Fear of snipers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI0n3estYlY

heh heh heh ...its funny cause he's scarred for life

OneArt

When I'm teaching at a company always like to face the door. I don't like having my back to it.

That said, if students prefer to sit in a particular place I'm not going to stop them. That's just being a d!ck. Unless it's in front of the whiteboard, which I actually need!

lunacyfoundme

Does he drive an Audi?

Ha! No but I do. I love my Audrey the Audi.

mitosis

Is your boss Fat Tony? Is he in fear of the hit?

tricky D

All sorts of positioning arrangements in this meeting room: http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg209/scaled.php?server=209&filename=42264230919112246141819.jpg&res=medium

uch

You should sit beside him and rub off his leg regularly next time

Ruu

Burn down the building. /Milton.

Wacker The Attacker

lunacyfoundme wrote: »

My boss always insists that people he's meeting with sit with their back to the windowed side of the room so he can sit facing the window and doors.

Is this some sort of business power move or Feng Shui crap?

Is your boss vanilla ice?

lunacyfoundme

You should sit beside him and rub off his leg regularly next time

Have done that before, and stood on his toes when he stood too close.

MadsL

Cuchulainn1. wrote: »

Your boss is doing it wrong.
The power move in a meeting is to sit with your back to the window and your opponents squinting into the sunlight.

I see you are familiar with the teachings of Sun Tzu, Grasshopper.

NuckingFacker

Your Boss is doing it all wrong, never sit - sitting is a sign of weakness. He should arrange to be lowered into the room with hidden wires, smoke and fireworks, then stand shrouded in mist with floodlights streaming from behind him. That or shot with a ball of his own shyte..

kneemos

Walk in when everyone else is seated and waiting would be a way to assert your power I'd imagine.

NuckingFacker

kneemos wrote: »

Walk in when everyone else is seated and waiting would be a way to assert your power I'd imagine.

I'll be standing in the corner, fiddling with my lights and fireworks - assert that, bitch.

Agricola

Theres a ripped, shirtless window cleaner outside drinking coca cola on his break and your boss wants to ogle him. The dirty fecker.

lunacyfoundme

Walk in when everyone else is seated and waiting would be a way to assert your power I'd imagine.

He does that for every staff meeting. Won't come in unless everyone's in the room and has been waiting for at least 10 minutes.

evolving_doors

lunacyfoundme wrote: »

He does that for every staff meeting. Won't come in unless everyone's in the room and has been waiting for at least 10 minutes.

Like alan sugar...the twat.. Next time tell him he's fuching late for the meeting and ye've actually finished without him

Aimeee

Am guessing he's very anxious, nervous wreck walking into room full of people. Needs time to build himself up for it. Hence the controlling nature he has. Will never never admit to this though. Good luck in working with/for him.