Define: "Check your diary" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Block out four hours every afternoon and label it 'Lab Testing'. When they ask you to check your diary, tell them you are at capacityAt CapacityThe only professionally acceptable way to signal to a project manager that assigning one more task will result in an immediate resignation.."
A request to review one's calendar or schedule to find a suitable time for a meeting or collaboration.
What does "Check your diary" actually mean?
"A British project manager demanding you find an hour in your completely double-booked Outlook calendar to discuss something that should be an email."
"Please check your diary and let me know when you are available for your annual review."
"The vendor asked me to check my diary for a 'quick sync' right in the middle of a P1 SD-WAN outage."
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