Comments on: 10 Things Managers Should Stop Worrying About

By: grannybunny

grannybunny — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:31:52 +0000

I used to work under a manager who did most — if not all — of those things. In fact, he would email out the printouts of everyone’s badge swipes, which showed when everyone first got to work in the morning, when everyone entered the rest room and when they re-entered the office — in essence — showing how long people were in the bathrooms or were out to lunch, etc. Needless to say, transferring to a new job was like getting out of prison.

By: MariaRose

MariaRose — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 18:41:03 +0000

Yes, the main concern should be the performance/ productivity of the employee, as the manager’s main job is to supervise those under him/her while giving feedback on performance level. But that list covers factors which hinder the manager’s role because of those factors distracting from performance levels on the team effort. The manager is the clog in the middle of the wheel of work and if one spoke in the wheel isn’t properly working the whole wheel doesn’t perform.
If people in the workforce want to be individuals, then they should become a sole contractor so that how they perform their work and get paid effects only them, not a group. (Hence that list)

By: Millennial Perspective

Millennial Perspective — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:44:00 +0000

Unfortunately a lot of places it’s the coworkers watching your time. There is a real do unto others before they do unto you mentality in a lot of these open offices. Frustrating to be sure.

By: GreenDoor

GreenDoor — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 13:15:04 +0000

Also, being draconian about breaks. I worked at a place where, if your break time was 10:00 am, you had better drop what you’re doing, take that break, and be back at exactly 10:15 or there was hell to pay. Which I can understand if it was an assembly line job, or a heavy customer-facing job. But this was an office job. So, yea, stop typing that document mid-thought. It’s break time. And heaven help you if you need to pee at some time other than your designated break time.