I find it useless to meet my manager every week... We are attending almost all meetings together.
He is so boring, no social life, no vacation with family, no hobbies. There is nothing to talk about since he is already up to date with projects.
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My manager schedules these meetings, but never attends.
Doesn't bother me. We despise each other anyway, and are both quite vocal about it.
@1hzu. You sound like the type of manager everyone should have. You actually remind me of my first one who was awesome and of course got laid off and replaced by an id--t who had too many to supervise so basically ignored all but favorite sons.
Unfortunately you are the exception rather than the rule these days since the failed Chase upper management team arrived.
It’s sad when your direct supervisor knows less than you do. You are left having to train them.You also end up making them look good as they pass off your work has their own.It’s a rigged DEI system these days.
Why did they have to sign the 1965 immigration act??? America was great before that happened.
Wish my manager did it this way! She’s new to our team and new to being a manager. She uses my one on ones to ask me questions, so she gets to understand what the team does. I don’t mind answering questions or helping train -just don’t do it in my one in ones! You are the manager and should be helping with my development, not me helping with your development!! And if I bring up something as an FYI, she then thinks everything I talk about is something she needs to take action on and runs around like a chicken with her head cut off trying to “solve” something that didn’t need solving to begin with. So frustrating. A waste of time.
I despise having weekly supervisor and team meetings. I recall one supervisor who seldom had one on one meetings. It was great. We got caught up once every month or two.
my mgr schedules 1-1 every other week with team.... ugh!
now mgr is making us do busy work--maybe in an attempt to keep us busy during a slow time, but I'm sure it's to flex to his boss and peers......
I have one on ones with my team every other week for 30 minutes. The agenda is theirs. I don't spend time repeating things they already saw in emails or such. I don't talk about challenges to their projects unless they put it on the agenda. If I think there is a challenge that discussion happens when needed not save up for a 1x1. Agendas typically center on:
- Their career development
- Direction of the company/department/team
- Rumors they have heard
- Personal items impacting them
- Any help they need
The only thing I add to agendas is review timing when it comes up twice a year and their personal interactions with their project team members, sponsors and support around them. It is the one thing often neglected due to time constraints that can have a big impact on their efforts.
Your manager has a lot of time on their hands for 1:1 meetings every week. We have them monthly, and even sometimes we can cancel those if we’re both fully up to date and busy.
Plenty of managers who know how to do nothing but micromanage and wave around their excel spreadsheets…sadly this is also the type that gets promoted
Trying to justify existence and salary.
Ummm… this is a bad thing? Better to have a manager who leaves you alone but makes sure you get all your work done and is happy with it while understanding your patterns/the fact you may have a social life than to have the micromanaging GiRlBoSs wanting to read all your emails for you then ask you if you saw that.
OP,
Do you really have to ask? I mean, it's plainly obvious what you need to do as you already answered in your own question. If your lock- step in sync with your mgr then cancel and have one when you need one.
Your mgr can check the box without you.
Friggin basic......
I’m lucky if I speak to my boss 1:1 three times a year. I love having a boss that trusts in the work I do. We have one team meeting every month or two, and my only 1:1 is usually about performance review checkpoints/goals.
We are not “required” to have them. However, if you are not capitalizing on them to discuss performance, development and new opportunities then I agree, cancel and let employees who want to invest the time have it.
I go through the same charade. Talk to my manager every day, but still have to sit through time wasting 1:1 meetings so he can check a box.
nah, I feel bad about cancelling my 1:1s with my manager but really they are time for either of us to talk about any issues that have come up. if no issues have come up, why meet?
Then ask to cancel. Tell him you could use the extra time to work on your projects. Put him out of his misery.
Yeah, I hear you. They are required to have those, I believe at least one a month.