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Thanks a ton for a great advice. I appreciate it. 1. That's my doubt too. (I mean it could be a false alarm) One good quality my manager has is that, he doesn't

• klyrs 6y ago
  It might be worth having a conversation with your 2nd line manager, and see if he's got any insight into the situation.
  • ktrulr 6y ago
    Thanks. Will do after some time.
• Jugurtha 6y ago
  >One good quality my manager has is that, he doesn't do micromanagement. Trusts the employees. Management depends on the "managed". A manager might let someone do practically what they want with little supervision because they have a track record of getting things done, being right almost all the time, and knowing when to tread lightly or ask for a greenlight when the risk/reward ratio calls for it. That same manager might be micromanaging on a task by task, day by day, or hour by hour someone new to the team during observation. You can point some people at a problem and forget about them. Some people will anticipate problems managers overlook. It really depends on the person. There's no size fits all in my opinion because people are different. >I think work from home also adds to the confusion. Had there been some in person interactions, I could have interpreted better Suggest that as an idea. Weekly or bi-weekly calls to align everyone. I used to go on walks with team members. We'd go outside of the office and just walk in the city and talk about things. It was very, very, effective in getting people to talk about frustrations and share their opinions when we were outside of the office and there wasn't a laptop we could hide behind or a sofa to go back to. We also have a balcony in the office with a view on the Mediterranean, directly facing the port, and we've had many conversations there. We've been working remotely for a year now, and we've been doing weekly calls with Jitsi with the team. We record the videos and make them accessible for reference. This has been useful as people refer back to them. We share our screen and go through code. Sometimes we troubleshoot things and we prototype things live. It's cool. >With due respect, he is a very mediocre manager.( in terms of technical knowledge etc.) He's lucky to have you then. Any manager works to hire people who are way better than themselves. Why would anyone hire people otherwise? He makes decisions based on tradeoffs. He may not be great in terms of technical knowledge, but you are, he's relying on your deeper technical knowledge to make decisions and tradeoffs. >Only silver lining for me is that, my 2nd line manager ( his boss) is technically very good and he rates me very high. He still talks to me. Not good enough. I think this ought to be sorted out for the sake of everyone and for the sake of getting things done.
  • ktrulr 6y ago
    Thanks a lot. Good advice. I appreciate.