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Re:1-on-1 meeting questions by war1025 on Sunday February 16, 2020 @11:49PM (#22345678)
My one on one conversations with my boss became significantly more productive when we started just going and grabbing a cup of coffee for them.

It's a more social setting, which puts you on footing to actually have a conversation.

The previous six years to that, my boss would ask the same canned questions and I would give the same canned answers. The whole process would take about three minutes and nothing would be gained by anyone.

Re:1-on-1 meeting questions by VectorLock on Monday February 17, 2020 @05:40PM (#22351600)
I'll go take a walk and sometimes have lunch with people, sometimes I get the same canned responses.
Re:1-on-1 meeting questions by benhurmarcel on Thursday February 20, 2020 @06:07AM (#22374203)
Sounds like they don't trust you.

It's the same with my manager. People don't tell him what they really think, because by experience we know it's not going to have a positive impact, and might negatively impact our raises.