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As an individual contributor, I despise weekly one-on-ones. It’s yet another meeting that disrupts my day. I rarely get anything out of them and am always grate
by tosser0001 8y ago
As an individual contributor, I despise weekly one-on-ones. It’s yet another meeting that disrupts my day. I rarely get anything out of them and am always grateful when it is canceled or postponed for whatever reason.
- Aeolun 8y agoIf there’s nothing to say during my one-on-one’s the meeting just ends in a minute.
- OJFord 8y agoIs a disruption for nothing better than a disruption with an illusion of productivity, or that maybe one person got something out of? On the other hand though, I do think it lowers the barrier if you actually do have something to say - since you know the meeting's happening anyway and isn't something you have to request or say Yes actually I do have something to say today.
- richardknop 8y agoThat’s still a distraction if you are working on something not trivial. Useless meeting like this gets you out of the zone and cancels your mapping of the problem in the brain. You then need to go back to your computer and spend some time getting back to where you were.
- joshuamorton 8y agoIf there's nothing to say in mine, I just cancel it in advance. Organization of the meeting can be done asynchronously and in advance.
- matwood 8y agoIt sounds like you need to talk to your boss about all the disruptions during your 1:1.
- HarryHirsch 8y agoIf the higher-ups wanted to listen they'd have done so long ago.
- mbfg 8y agothe 1 on 1 IS the disruption.
- dudul 8y agoWhat a great topic of discussion for your next 1:1 :) Talk about the frequency of your 1:1 which seem to happen too often, and about all the other disruptions you experience. Your manager will surely find a way to help with these if possible.
- mcrittenden 8y agoI wonder if they aren't valuable for you because you aren't trying to make them valuable? One-on-ones can be a pointless waste of time if the report does not bring questions and topics and concerns to discuss, even if there are plenty of those things available for discussion.
- cimmanom 8y agoAs a manager, I give my reports the choice of when to have our one on ones. Most choose times just before or after lunch or our daily standup or another standing meeting precisely because at those times you’ll already be disrupted. Maybe your manager would be amenable to scheduling a different time that’s less disruptive to you?
- dangwu 8y agoI agree. But you should go for monthly one on ones at the minimum.