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.

kai5641mo 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.

davidh8813d ago

Honestly, that "single line in chat" thing ryanf66 mentioned is exactly what worked for me. I had a boss who straight up told me he'd mute me if I sent one more "just keeping you in the loop" message that didn't flag a real issue. After that, I only messaged him if a deadline was actually slipping or I needed a decision, and suddenly my day had like two extra hours in it. The funny thing is, he actually trusted me more because he saw I wasn't wasting his time. I think most managers would rather hear nothing than a constant stream of nothing that sounds important.