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> everyone on the team writing up weekly summaries Borderline micromanagement and something to be padded and gamed.
by Traubenfuchs 5y ago
> everyone on the team writing up weekly summaries
Borderline micromanagement and something to be padded and gamed.
- LogicWolfe 5y agoI’ve really seen this go both ways. As an individual contributor working remotely with a mostly in person team sending a weekly summary was one of my most effective tools for getting my work seen and getting people to address issues that were impacting me. As an individual contributor on a fully remote team I saw many of my peers treat the weekly summary as a chore and put minimal effort in, which meant the content wasn’t very useful, which meant no one bothered to read it and the whole exercise just became a waste of time. This type of thing can be incredibly valuable, but it really depends on team culture and buy in from the participants.
- maccard 5y agoWe do this. Some people write "I made the X", others go into detail about what they're doing. It lets everyone on the team have a _very_ rough idea of what other people are working on.