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Colleague not on the rota for meeting

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Welchchu · 17/02/2026 08:17

I work in a team of four and we are all expected to take minutes (adult safeguarding). One colleague never seems to be on the rota, leaving three of us minuting. I find this so unfair. How would you browch to the Office Manager?

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GreenJellyBeans · 17/02/2026 18:15

BauhausOfEliott · 17/02/2026 18:05

Because that would be wildly inappropriate for a meeting about something as sensitive as safeguarding.

As I said above your comment - there are specialist AI tools for social care - we aren’t living in the dark ages with our pens and paper

Halphabetty · 17/02/2026 19:11

Hollyhobbi · 17/02/2026 09:44

I wear hearing aids and even though my hearing is supposed to be very good when I’m wearing them I still miss/or mishear parts of conversations so I wouldn’t be good at minute taking.

I'm the same but take minutes on Teams meetings with captions and a transcript/video recording. I run the transcript through a closed AI system and crosscheck for accuracy.

The problem for many people with hearing loss is that you sometimes don't realise you haven't heard something. I'd be really reluctant to do jury duty for this reason but others might cope better.

saltandvinegarchipsticks · 17/02/2026 19:13

Megifer · 17/02/2026 09:25

Id never, ever use AI for very confidential meetings.

Plus by the time youve gone through and corrected the often wildly inaccurate notes ("I like cheese" instead of "like these" etc.) you might as well have taken them yourself anyway.

I’m a social worker and we use magic notes all the time in meetings with other professionals or colleagues.

BoredZelda · 17/02/2026 19:13

Mumofoneandone · 17/02/2026 09:19

Interesting thought but I'm dyslexic and managed to minute meetings when it was my turn. It was one of my colleagues who made a fuss about doing it because she was lazy!!

Well done you. But i’ve worked with dyslexic colleagues who couldn’t do it effectively. It’s almost as if dyslexia affects different people in different ways.

Hollyhobbi · 18/02/2026 10:38

Halphabetty · 17/02/2026 19:11

I'm the same but take minutes on Teams meetings with captions and a transcript/video recording. I run the transcript through a closed AI system and crosscheck for accuracy.

The problem for many people with hearing loss is that you sometimes don't realise you haven't heard something. I'd be really reluctant to do jury duty for this reason but others might cope better.

I have more difficulty with mishearing the start of a word which has led to total confusion at times. One of the ladies I work with has a speech impediment and can be difficult to understand by people with normal hearing at times and it can be a bit frustrating for both of us at times!

Welchchu · 20/02/2026 15:12

FlapperFlamingo · 17/02/2026 08:56

Why are you taking minutes and not using AI to document and log actions?

The company won’t allow this.

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Welchchu · 20/02/2026 15:14

GreenJellyBeans · 17/02/2026 18:15

As I said above your comment - there are specialist AI tools for social care - we aren’t living in the dark ages with our pens and paper

We are required to attend and take minutes this way.

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