My boss in Milwaukee told me my weekly reports were 'useless noise' and to only email him when something was actually broken, which honestly cut my stress in half.

Has anyone else had a manager who basically wanted you to stop giving them updates?

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Oh man, that's the dream. My old manager was the same way. He told me to just send a single line in our chat if my project was on track, and only write a full email if I hit a wall. It saved me SO much time I was wasting on making reports look pretty.

kai5644d ago

Read an article about this. Called it "good enough" work culture. Basically, if the job gets done, who cares about the font size. Some teams even have a rule: no slide decks over five pages. Forces people to just say what's wrong. Saves hours of making things look perfect when they just need to be clear.