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Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones by gkop on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:44PM (#30157583)
Maybe one or more of your reports could benefit from what you describe as therapy, with you, on some cadence.
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Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones by colechristensen on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:47PM (#30157604)
Sure, sometimes. And it's fine if it's communicated that these things are necessary.

What's not fine is being forced to do them, unable to exit the waste of time.

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Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones by gkop on Monday January 31, 2022 @08:50PM (#30157624)
Did the OP or anyone in the ancestor comments assert that 1:1s should be forced?
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Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones by colechristensen on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:00PM (#30157696)
Have you ever tried to get standups or 1:1s to stop once started in a company with that culture? I have, more than once, and was never successful because people treat them like they’re necessary and my whole point is that they aren’t and to refute the article claiming they are unreasonably effective.
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Re:The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones by gkop on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:21PM (#30158235)
No I have not.

Your argument refuting the OP would be stronger without the straw man argument against forced 1:1s

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