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twobitshifter on Feb 1, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones

If you’re actually firing problematic people then bravo. I’ve seen managers treat 1:1 as a venting tool and never act to actually change the problem. In those cases the 1:1 is actually fuel to the fire.

Msw242 on Feb 1, 2022 [–]

Badly trained managers, or people who shouldn't be managers, can fuck up literally any system. They're always building better idiots.

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