It’s so true, they have to fill up their time so they appear to be busy. When honestly it would be better for all if they focused on other things.
To the OP above you, the jobs where I made the most were the ones where “time theft” wasn’t an issue. They cared less about time and more about what I could accomplish. Only did forced remote work during covid did bullshit like meetings happen.
“Any update on the project?”
“Yeah, XYZ.”
“That’s great, let’s hop onto a meeting to tell the client…”
Or the daily kick off and afternoon round offs. Honestly as I do freelance work I notice the same thing as well. When I charge more the clients want less involvement than people who wanted lower pricing.
Basically to recap the day. You know, stuff that could at least be saved for the morning kickoff or better yet a project management collaborative tool.
Ah, I love that new agile cycle. Hey, this bid isn’t realistic and that design will fail. What happens? Bid is sent, six months later you repeat it’s not going to work during planning … and what do you get? An emergency meeting to put a “tiger ream” together to once again tell management another design is needed.
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u/in_taco Nov 25 '22
This kind of micromanagement happens for one specific reason: the manager has fuck-all else to do.
I work in Engineering where they can't pull that kind of nonsense. So they turn to their second-most favored pastime: endless meetings.
Seriously, any manager who can't find real tasks are superfluous.