Story time! :) When I was a kid, sitting in a rear row of classroom I felt invulnerable. Chatting with other kids, reading a book, playing with pencil and eras

Story time! :) When I was a kid, sitting in a rear row of classroom I felt invulnerable. Chatting with other kids, reading a book, playing with pencil and eraser, there was NO way teacher could POSSIBLY know what I am doing. Not when there were so many rows of other kids between us! Decades later I visited a elementary classroom as an adult. I was shocked... it was tiny! I could practically reach the last row. I could see, in exquisite amount of detail, EVERYthing that happened in that room. Everything. --- As a system administrator for 15+ years, I had weeks where I worked 40-60-80 even 100hrs. But most weeks, I did not work quite as hard. Then I became a team lead, then a manager... and I have far more awareness of my team members than I thought was possible. At the end of the day, I care about targets, plan, deliverables, ownership. If you and the team are meeting those, I am far from the micro-manager who cares exactly how you spend every minute of every day. It's up to me to ensure you are challenged, motivated, productive, and delivering; and if I need you to work harder and deliver more, it's up to me to set that expectations and hold you accountable. If I don't... it's 100% fair game for you to do what is required, meet expectations, and nothing more if you're happy with where you are and don't desire growth.