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When have you had 21 direct reports? Some managers like to have weekly 1:1s as an opportunity to check in and for the employee to bring up any problems that mi
by more_corn 2y ago
When have you had 21 direct reports?
Some managers like to have weekly 1:1s as an opportunity to check in and for the employee to bring up any problems that might have emerged, ask for help etc. with 21 that’s obviously impossible.
The only management style available is “lol good luck, hope you can manage yourself because I can’t” fine for people who don’t want management intervention, don’t need help promoting, don’t need help learning or tackling the next challenge.
Fine for people who can effectively write their own evals for the manager to rubber stamp.
Not great if anything goes wrong.
Have you ever had an employee who needed a lot of support? Who was going through something tough? Attacking something slightly outside their comfort zone? I guess the answer at Amazon is fire and move on.
You should post an essay on your management style and how you handle the “perfectly reasonable” 21 direct reports situation. I am generally curious.