My first workplace event was attending my company’s board of directors meeting. The meeting was to show the inner workings of how the company manages its future plans. This meeting had the board of directors and all departments come together to showcase new policies and campaigns. Along with the policies, there were also new company officers being recruited and pledged. The meeting was through Microsoft Teams call and employees were encouraged to register for the meeting.
During the call, only the board of directors was allowed to talk verbally. The rest of the employees were muted but were allowed to chat through text and send out emojis. New policies and campaigns were discussed during the meeting. Appearntly they had discussed about these plans before in private and now are confirming it in front of the rest of the company. The board of directors is to vote on which plans they should move forward with. The chairman also discussed how in the future vice presidents of the company are to go through votes by the employees and board of directors. The company would run almost like a democracy, allowing the employees to have a say on who can take the vice president position.
The last hour of the call had new company officers joining the company. These new officers are to turn on their cameras and microphone to do their pledge. They are also to be sworn into the company by pledging their mission to help the company and its employees. Their job is to ensure the employees are comfortable in the company and to report anything to the HR Department if anything were to come up within the workplace. They are to ensure the culture is positive and employees are heard when any wrongdoings occur in the company.
I was able to see the inner workings of the company. The company gave me full transparency on how they operate. I learned quite a bit about how the board of directors communicates with each other when it comes to presenting plans in front of the entire company.
