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> The part I struggle with the most is that I don't have anyone I feel comfortable talking to about the daily challenges that my team and I face. This should b
by lbotos 4y ago
> The part I struggle with the most is that I don't have anyone I feel comfortable talking to about the daily challenges that my team and I face.
This should be your manager. Are they in the same boat as you? (New to the org?) If not, start there.
I work at a globally distributed company, and post-pandemic I'm seeing relationship building being a challenge happening more. Pre-pandemic, the company would get together every 9 months and I do think those times really help to build relationships.
You need some "team building". Someone below mentioned pairing and I agree, but also consider spending $5 on amazon luna and play some jackbox games. The recent pack has a game called Job Job that was really fun in a work environment. You answer benign questions and then you are asked to answer an interview question using only other people's answers. My all remote team really enjoyed it.
- hrowtawaya 4y agoThank you for this @lbotos. Reflecting on why I don't turn to my manager for this has yielded some valuable insights... specifically I think we have some policies in place that _strongly_ disincentivize demonstrating vulnerability. Thus bringing managerial level problems to my manager comes with more risk than is comfortable. Perhaps what I'm seeing is the effect of this policy across the engineering organization. On the lighter side, the luna/jackbox suggestion is fantastic. We'll definitely give that a try. Thank you.
- JonChesterfield 4y ago> some policies in place that _strongly_ disincentivize demonstrating vulnerability That would do it. Assume the engineers have noticed that trend as well and expect to be told "everything is fine" while the ship burns and they update their CV.