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I want them to be available to say "hi" and talk about the day at the start of the day (9am) in my timezone, and to give me a status update at the end of the da

I want them to be available to say "hi" and talk about the day at the start of the day (9am) in my timezone, and to give me a status update at the end of the day (5.30pm, ish) in my timezone As a manager I gotta ask... Why both? Why not just one stand up/status update and move on? Or do they serve different functions?

bshimmin 9y ago
The latter really just to let me know if there have been any particular disasters during the day, or if there's anything of note to report. I care more about the former, to be honest - and even that, to an extent, only to reassure me that everyone is alive and actually available to do some work. Of course it varies a little day by day and task by task - some things need more careful planning and coordination. I should clarify that I mention eight hours only in the nominal sense of meaning that they get the requisite allocated work done - if they are able to work quickly and it only takes four hours, well, more power to them. I feel like I'm pretty relaxed about this stuff, but I guess from the downvotes others disagree...