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I don't disagree that standups and 1on1s are often empty, but the point is to have a planned point of contact. Think of it more like regular maintenance of the
by ehnto 5y ago
I don't disagree that standups and 1on1s are often empty, but the point is to have a planned point of contact. Think of it more like regular maintenance of the social machine. It helps you not succumb to really preventable issues. They provide an obvious scheduled point to raise issues that do come up, without them people often bottle stuff up until the failure point is hit.
There is value too in scheduling a 1on1 that is easy to cancel. It's easy enough to quickly check if it's necessary, if it isn't, no worries.
- thorwawayrus53 5y ago> .. but the point is to have a planned point of contact. To make sure IC's remember managers have power. That's all there is to it. No real useful stuff gets done.
- ehnto 5y agoOur experiences clearly differ, so I'm not really going to engage in whether or not you're right because I just haven't had that experience at all. At the end of the day it's just two colleagues in a room, if you can't get anything done with that, there's either nothing to get done or you couldn't get it done.