Your concern makes sense if it's all they do. Status updates and talking about your managers needs would be a crappy 1 on 1 if that was every time. It's suppose

Your concern makes sense if it's all they do. Status updates and talking about your managers needs would be a crappy 1 on 1 if that was every time. It's supposed to be the employee's meeting. However, if you mix up what you talk about a lot, then spending some of it on managing up would be pretty smart, just like you likely only talk about their long term career sometimes. A lot of topics and ideas to discuss here https://getlighthouse.com/blog/one-on-one-meeting-questions-great-managers-ask/ https://getlighthouse.com/blog/one-on-one-meeting-questions-...