To be annoyed at my colleague?

FFS can't you credit the OP with even a little intelligence

FFS I was crediting the OP with intelligence. Other people on here, however, obviously lack something if they don't understand or sneer at a woman who is obviously doing well at work and it's always good to be noticed by the exec team.

Agreed, utterly pretentious. It was a meeting....

If you repeat yourself like that all the time I would imagine your colleagues would be relieved to have you step out for two minutes. Perhaps they put her up to it. Or maybe she wanted to say goodbye to a friend she might not see again. Can’t think why. Do you think those two minutes will change the trajectory of your career? If so you should report her to the police. That’s what unhappy mumsnetters do and I think the police then arrange for counselling.

She was definitely unreasonable! It's not like you're never going to see her again!

@UndeniablyGenX

If it's not for you, don't work in that kind of job.

I do work for a large corporate, with people at that level and have done for many years.

I treat them in exactly the same way as anyone else in the business, they get no special treatment.

Why do you repeat yourself over and over with the bye thing in your post.

Correct, but if you work in a large corporate and have dealings with them, you have to forget that and show them the deference they think is their due. It's part of the job, just as other unpalatable things might be part of other jobs. If it's not for you, don't work in that kind of job.

Most jobs involve doing things you wouldn't do given the choice. Personally, I would rather defer to the c-suite, than, say, be a nurse and have to deal with gore and bodily fluids in a hospital. We all have to choose a job we think we can do and you shouldn't sneer at what the OP needs to do in hers.

I personally wouldn’t have interrupted a C-Suite meeting for that

The "C-Suite" as people call it these days are just bloody people who eat and shit just like the rest of us.

They just do a job, like the rest of us.

I don’t think it’s a big deal. It was 2 mins. I’d say she was unreasonable if you were a surgeon and mid op, but not a meeting.

This!!

Some of the responses on this thread are absolutely wild. I've worked with a few public sector boards (NHS and civil service), so on the perceived 'fluffier' end of the scale as boards go, and it would have been considered completely inappropriate by the chairs of any of these boards for someone to have done this.

What a pointless thread.

Many posts here would serve on a thread called "tell me you've never worked at a large corporate without telling me you've never worked at a large corporate".

People should be ashamed of sneering at the OP because she wants to succeed in her career and knows what's needed, in her organisation, to do that.

Wow you’re harsh.

Makes you wonder why they are always a focus in enquiries and investigations. Recently in the Lucy Letby and Post Office investigations. The people in these meetings and the meetings themselves, are important.

The meeting shouldn't have been interrupted to say goodbye, when she is keeping in touch anyway. As for the posters saying that the OP should have been happy to have given her a hug goodbye, that is gendered. Just because we are women doesn't mean that we need to hug in the workplace.

Can I just say how much I fucking hate terms like C-Suite? Sounds like some shitty office software from 1995. I'm a director and we don't use US management speak.

Indeed. Used to be "execs" but now execs are the level below the c levels. Ie evp of x department.

I can understand you feeling slightly embarrassed when everyone was asking what the "urgent thing" was, but otherwise I certainly wouldn't be annoyed. I expect she dithered about interrupting the meeting and didn't know what to do for the best. She obviously sees you as a good friend and was so grateful for the wine and cake etc. She didn't feel comfortable just leaving without saying something. I've been in similar situations - basically damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Odd that everyone was asking you what was urgent. Were they really that interested?

It was daft of her to get you out of a meeting to say good bye, yes.

Are you going to nurse this slight misdemeanor and carry your professional superiority with you forever?

Get over it.

You know they'd respect you more if you just said colleague was leaving for maternity leave, wanted to pass on some final information - which is roughly truthful. What generally makes successful people successful is their humility and interpersonal skills - they also prioritise moments that matter.

The issue here is that “everyone” was asking what the urgent issue was, that’s incredibly nosy and unprofessional of them.

Sorry but I agree with PPs that you sound a bit up your own arse.

Let it go, she didn't want to leave without saying goodbye. It's not the end of the world.

seems odd that everyone was asking what was urgent,

well you wont see her for a while now

It was when I went back in to the meeting and everyone was asking me what the “urgent” thing was that she needed me for, that was the point when I started to feel awkward about it and a bit annoyed that she had took me out of the meeting to say bye

All you needed to have done is smile and say ' oh it is a private issue that needed adressing , thanks for asking though' I have seen that done in meetings before. People rhen just get on with the task in hand.

What a complete overreaction, it's not a bloody COBR meeting I work in a very similar company and the nature of my role requires frequent reporting into our exec board, including our Group CEO. They're still just regular people going to work to do a job. Most of them were probably quite glad of the 2 minute interruption quite honestly.

OP, your "friend" (I can't imagine reacting to any of my friends this way personally) was probably having quite an emotional end-of-an-era type day and just wanted a quick couple of minutes to say goodbye to you.

Yes she could have messaged later and yes she's still going to see you after becoming a mum, but this was an in the moment thing and clearly she considers you a close enough friend that you wouldn't mind. She's obviously wrong so it might be better to disabuse her of that notion now so she doesn't feel let down by it at some later point.