To complain about colleague that dominates meetings talking crap?

[palmroyale]

One colleague talks and talks and talks. He dominates every meeting, whether the meeting is on a video call or in person.

He drones on for sometimes half an hour at a time, often about non work related crap. I have tried to interrupt/stop him many a time but he'll say 'hold on, let me finish what I'm saying' and continues with another 10 minute monologue.

He also interrupts everyone, so for example if I asked a question to our managers during the meeting he would just butt in and hijack my question or hijack their answers, and his answer would just be a load of bullshit followed by a monologue.

I've spoken to my manager about him several times and he agrees that it is annoying and inappropriate behaviour but says it is just how this man is and it's not fair to expect people to change their entire personality.

To add, if on the rare chance I get to add anything in a meeting without this man butting in, I would be shut down by our managers changing the subject after maybe 30 seconds of me talking.

AIBU to raise a grievance about this behaviour?

God how annoying. If your managers aren't addressing it I don't think a formal grievance will help.

I would raise it in writing with them though, calmly pointing out how much work time it's wasting and asking them to address it.

If they don't do act I'd just start visibly doing work while he's talking. Whip out a laptop and start typing. If anyone raises an eyebrow I'd say "oh, I thought this wasn't part of the meeting, given the topic?".

The "work" I would be doing while he talks would probably include applying for other roles!

I would look at it this way, they are paying you to sit and listen to his droning on, so its their problem, not yours. Unless it's making you late finishing, just leave it. I couldn't stand working for such a badly managed place, so you have my sympathy.

This.

I was in a meeting where someone was waffling self-indulgently and someone interrupted and said, “Thank you. You’ve made your point.” That was enough to kill their monologue dead. I can’t understand how this person is thick skinned enough to not realise how insufferable they are or why they are being allowed to go on and on and on wasting everyone’s time and nobody is backing you! Yes, complain. Do it on the grounds that your time is not being spent productively as meetings are not being used effectively.