Looking back, I used to spend hours each week on detailed status reports until a senior dev in Austin told me to just send a three-bullet email instead.

The email gets read and acted on, while the formal report just got archived, so why did I ever think the long way was better?

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noran211mo ago

My friend's boss told her the same thing.

the_beth1mo ago

Yeah it's just so common, @noran21. Like bosses will say "we're a family" but then cut hours the second things get slow. Or they talk about loyalty but won't give a decent raise. It makes you feel totally disposable. That kind of talk just sets people up to be taken advantage of.

sandra91613d ago

Oh yeah, the "we're a family" thing is such a joke, right @the_beth? My old boss pulled that line right before he laid off half the team via a group email.