How can I present my issue effective in the next meeting????

Question

I work for a American logistics company but based in asia, my team had a meeting a couple of days ago and I find it ridiculous that my superior, who is a woman, just decided to announce to change the meeting from 5.30 pm to 8 am just because a few of my team members who often late due to frequent phone calls from shippers and carriers, and she can't stand it and my team members just kept quiet because she is not a bearable character. I cannot accept that she just change it due to this issue when the reason they are late because they are helping the company making money. How can I present it effectively so that she can revert the time back to original??I had discovered that I should address this issue during my last meeting but i didn't. Hope to have some good tips from negotiation's veterans as this is my first permanent job and I still under probation period. It doesn't matter whether she will really change it or not but at least i should try.

Answer 1

It sounds like your manager made a command decision to insure all team members were present at team meetings.

It is her perogative to change these times whenever she deems necessary. If you want to change the time back you will need to present her with good reasons why this should happen. Your personal comfort should not be one of the reasons. Your reasons should all have something to do with the company making or savings money or the group being more efficient.

Answer 2

Being the junior person and still on probation I would not say a thing you will be perceived as being out of line. Being the newby you also are probably not privileged to and other reasons as to the change, as the boss it is her prerogative, and any questioning of that by you will only put you in future harms way.

Answer 3

Sorry. You lost me at "who is a woman".