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It's a story from 2011 about how Larry Page tried enacting strict rules and conventions around meetings, in an attempt to get Google to stop slowing down. These were widely mocked and mostly went away, except for some vestiges that remain like "hour-long meetings are booked for 50 minutes."

One team took advantage of the 50-minute meeting rule in an unexpected way. Read more to find out how!

https://www.clientserver.dev/p/malicious-compliance-by-booking-an

Malicious compliance by booking an available meeting room

In 2011, Larry Page became CEO of Google and tried to fix meetings. But his new policies were no match for Google Calendar pedants.

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