Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones
by par on Monday January 31, 2022 @04:51PM
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I listed three qualities of 1x1s in my post. Quality #2 and #3 I did not deride as time sunk, those are just things that need to be done. Regarding status updates, whether people want to believe it or not, most ICs feel like giving a status update in a 1x1 is time sunk. Managers don't feel that way. However at no point did I say that are unproductive. I just said they aren't "unreasonably effective".
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Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones
by KerrAvon on Monday January 31, 2022 @05:57PM
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> whether people want to believe it or not, most ICs feel like giving a status update in a 1x1 is time sunk
I can see people believing this for Agile-style standups (I can argue both sides of that one), but something like a scheduled weekly 1:1 should always be valuable sync time for an IC and manager. It also should not be a prison: if you want to skip a week, slack your manager and say "I've nothing, you have anything this week?" or something like that.
edited to add: that said, I too have never had the "unreasonably effective" experience, which is your broader point.