Re:Apple Developer Documentation Is Missing
by ChrisMarshallNY on Monday October 28, 2019 @04:16PM
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I should also add that managing a team that has several senior, married people is NOT the same as managing a team of young, unmarried folks.
An almost guaranteed way to lose people with families, is to insist that they must ignore their family to work the job.
This means that things like offsites and travel need to take into account things like school schedules, childcare and time off. I would often let people travel on Sunday to Japan, taking the heat for them not being there for a Monday meeting (which usually was just a "set the agenda" meeting anyway). That was my job.
It doesn't mean that someone going through a divorce, or caring for a sick family member, can take a ton of time off when a project is melting down, but it does mean that I would work with them, to ensure that their families get cared for, and that they can leave the job where it belongs, so that they are 100% for their families.
If you do things like this, you end up with a team that will take a bullet for you, and will do things like travel to Japan for two weeks to work on an emergency integration.
It's absolutely shocking how many managers don't get that.
An almost guaranteed way to lose people with families, is to insist that they must ignore their family to work the job.
This means that things like offsites and travel need to take into account things like school schedules, childcare and time off. I would often let people travel on Sunday to Japan, taking the heat for them not being there for a Monday meeting (which usually was just a "set the agenda" meeting anyway). That was my job.
It doesn't mean that someone going through a divorce, or caring for a sick family member, can take a ton of time off when a project is melting down, but it does mean that I would work with them, to ensure that their families get cared for, and that they can leave the job where it belongs, so that they are 100% for their families.
If you do things like this, you end up with a team that will take a bullet for you, and will do things like travel to Japan for two weeks to work on an emergency integration.
It's absolutely shocking how many managers don't get that.