This was a sign that they didn't know how to measure what you were doing, or possibly didn't even understand what you were doing. The best job I had, the manag

This was a sign that they didn't know how to measure what you were doing, or possibly didn't even understand what you were doing. The best job I had, the manage was a technical guy, every week we would have a meeting to discuss what needed to be done, what we were going to do. And as long as the projects got done, he didn't care if he saw you at all the rest of the week. He could measure your progress by looking at the project, or by talking to you. One of the frustrating aspects of working for a big American company was that they had this policy of moving department heads around, so they all got experience in working and understand all the aspects of the company. No doubt this was great for the managers, but the idea that the head of IT could just as easily work as the head of marketing is ridiculous.