Everything you need to know about tracking your meeting suffering and reclaiming your productivity.
Quick Start Guide
Start Your Meeting Timer
When you enter a meeting, click the "I'M IN A MEETING 😵" button to begin tracking your time and suffering level. The timer will start immediately.
Watch Your Pain Level Rise
As time progresses, your pain level will automatically increase from 1 to 10, with visual feedback showing different meeting stages from "Fresh" to "Dead Inside."
End the Meeting
When the meeting finally ends, click "End Meeting" to stop the timer and save your suffering statistics for future analysis and sharing.
Review Your Stats
Check your meeting analytics, share your pain with colleagues, and use the data to make a case for better meeting hygiene in your organization.
Frequently Asked Questions
Start the timer when your meeting begins and track your pain level as time progresses. The app provides real-time feedback on meeting suffering and generates shareable statistics about your meeting time. Simply click 'I'M IN A MEETING 😵' to begin tracking.
Yes, all meeting data is stored locally in your browser with no server tracking. We follow GDPR compliance with user-controlled privacy settings and transparent data usage. Your data never leaves your device unless you choose to share it.
Studies show that employees spend 15-50% of their time in meetings, with senior managers spending up to 23 hours per week in meetings. Our tracker helps quantify your personal meeting burden so you can see exactly how much time you're investing.
Yes! The app generates shareable meeting pain reports and statistics that you can share on social media to find solidarity with fellow meeting survivors. You control what gets shared and when.
Meeting fatigue is the exhaustion and decreased productivity caused by excessive or ineffective meetings. Our tool helps you track and visualize meeting time to raise awareness and potentially reduce meeting overload by providing concrete data about your meeting burden.
Pain levels automatically increase based on meeting duration, starting at 1 for short meetings and scaling up to 10 for those soul-crushing marathon sessions. The pain level affects the visual appearance and helps quantify your meeting suffering experience.
Yes, you can export your meeting data at any time through the privacy settings. We believe in data portability and your right to access your own information. The export includes all your meeting statistics and analytics.
Absolutely! Survive the Meeting is fully responsive and works on all modern browsers and devices. Whether you're stuck in a conference room or dialing in from your phone, you can track your meeting suffering anywhere.
The statistics are based on actual time tracking while you're in meetings. The accuracy depends on you remembering to start and stop the timer, but the data reflects real meeting time investment once you're tracking consistently.
Yes, you have complete control over your data. You can delete all meeting data, specific sessions, or adjust your privacy settings at any time. This is all handled locally in your browser with immediate effect.
Still Need Help?
If you have questions not covered in this FAQ, feedback about the app, or suggestions for new features to help track meeting suffering, we'd love to hear from you. Remember: we're all in this meeting survival journey together! ☕