How Often Have You Seen Mostly or 100% AWOL Managers?

Post by mamidon » Sat, Apr 06, 2024, 6:50 PM UTC

lelandbatey wrote: post #33

I had a manager who I didn't see (digitally or in person) for 3 months at a stretch, and he was one of the best I ever had. Small company that used to be bigger and we needed to finalize a migration that'd been in progress for like 7 years. It kept being delayed by leadership who'd get distracted, so the final 20% would never get done, we'd build more tech debt, and then the 20% turned into 23%. We'd argue to pay dow…

Post by tennisflyi » Sat, Apr 06, 2024, 9:18 PM UTC

q7xvh97o2pDhNrh wrote: post #19

Oh, man, I was hoping this thread would be about managers who have mastered the art of time management and are doing their jobs in a few hours per week. One of my old managers had it. I would rarely see the dude -- except for once or twice a month, when we'd happen to be in the same meeting. He'd wait until the last bit of the meeting, and then he'd come in -- calm and measured -- with a comment that would blow every…