Ask HN: How to give formal feedback to my manager?

Re:Ask HN: How to give formal feedback to my manager? by throwawaysleep on Saturday January 04, 2025 @11:17PM (#42599734)

I usually redirect it at a teammate I don’t like.

“They don’t require accountability on the part of X”

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Re:Ask HN: How to give formal feedback to my manager? by frenchtoast8 on Saturday January 04, 2025 @11:22PM (#42599748)

You have no problem describing your teammates like that in a formal review? I am not sure how that would go here, I haven't tried. Like I said, so far every company I've worked for either didn't do formal reviews at all or it was entirely assessed by your manager without any conversation.

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Re:Ask HN: How to give formal feedback to my manager? by throwawaysleep on Saturday January 04, 2025 @11:42PM (#42599828)

A lot depends on the context.

I was/am on a team that underperforms, so they are already primed to blame someone. They have already fired people (poorly) over the failures.

So they are looking for someone to blame already.

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Re:Ask HN: How to give formal feedback to my manager? by theoreticalmal on Sunday January 05, 2025 @03:26PM (#42604743)

Is the firing poor or are the people poor?

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