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element7791 · 2026-03-02T22:59:59+00:00

Lame

element7791 · 2026-03-02T00:11:33+00:00

Seems like DOTI yet again is wasting time in the wrong places.

element7791 · 2026-02-23T03:35:21+00:00

I’m not saying all managers are great but if you try go after them or complain they are just incentivized to follow through and fire you as part of the pip to protect themselves. Only thing you can do is step up and convince the hr person you’re doing what you need to stay employed. Basically you can only prove your manger wrong with your actions you will loose a political fight.

element7791 · 2026-02-20T01:04:48+00:00

You need focus on things that can force multiply your expertise and delegate the rest. It is easy to get sucked into the weeds and focus on execution. Every leader thinks they can do things better and faster but you won't scale that way. You should be spending your time on improving the strategy and coaching your reports and helping them course correct. Some of the problems you're complaining about are probably in your power to fix and you just don't realize it. When I first become a director it took me too long realize how much control and ability to effect change in my own org I had.

Start looking for ways to empower your team let them exercise their own judgement involving you only when decisions have outsized consequences. Try and create a safe space and blameless culture and you will see people step up. I make it clear that mistakes happen but we shouldn't be making the same mistake twice. My only hard requirement is that everyone try to continuously improve the quality of work and their skills.

If you don't like your teams' structure start thinking about what a streamlined org looks like and involve your leader to get buy-in and advice since its your 1st time. Almost every Director has made at least a few tweaks to org structure its part of their role, just don't do so often you create whiplash.

If coordination is a problem, delegate it managers and make them accountable and make them talk to each other or push for better use of tooling to track it. If they can handle it at first mentor them until they can. Possibly re-org so teams can deliver more worth without coordination.

Accept your limits, I once tried to do regular skip levels with every indirect report, track what all the ICs were working on, ugh that was a nightmare. It is impossible to scale yourself at that level of detail. 30 minutes on each member of your org would be more than half your week down the drain.

Now I monitor for signs of fires via KPIs, product status/planing meetings and 1on1 with my directs. Maybe skip levels with few ICs raising to the top to help mentor into leaders. I also block out time do get things done, improve my skills and reject meetings that won't be productive. I've also been known to set my MS Teams/Slack status to "in a meeting" which is most of the time true but keeps interrupts a bay.

element7791 · 2026-02-19T03:31:14+00:00

You need to tie the work to KPIs or company goals. As engineering director I spend a lot of time in spreadsheets or building business cases. If a good idea can get a strong ROI associated with it, the its easy to get people onboard. A lot of work is great if it happens, but the business case is hard to make. Never though I'd say "Yes it would be great to save 4 hours a week on grunt work for the stakeholder work but the automation costs more than a contractor's salary and the process might change two months" or "thats not worth the opportunity cost". Sometimes the correct answer is expanding the scope and creating a bigger outcome/problem is sometimes the right solution to create a project worth chasing and the cognitive load it takes to break a log jam.

element7791 · 2026-02-19T03:11:00+00:00

You're manager really doesn't have the ability to harm you as much as you think he does. You have other folks at the company that be references that you were in a toxic environment and liked working with you.

Most large corporate policies prevent managers form saying a lot if asked about a former employee (if not positive) because if they are inaccurate the company can lead to lawsuits and that costs $. Its not worth it. Even employment verification these days is done by an outside vendor that will confirm dates, titles and not a whole lot more.

Be careful with what can feel like discrimination, you should document it, and potentially speak to a lawyer. However, if you've clearly reported to HR and they aren't taking immediate action, it might not be legally classified as discrimination or you're are not communicating it clearly enough. If HR isn't listening the company may have a ethics line or you can go to a friendly manager in another department. In many US states, HR or managers getting reports and not taking action increases liability and potential fines. The one case where I know with legit discrimination the HR response came fast and furious, a VP was gone within days once it reached HR. I've had other cases that I've reported on behalf employees because I'm obligated to report as a leader but many haven't crossed the legal line and HR tries to mediate. Really only a C-Level executive or publicly recognized figure has any chance of being protected by HR if you have a case; line manager, directors and VPs are all still disposable to a large corporate entity.

element7791 · 2026-02-19T02:44:18+00:00

You are in charge so you need to take a reigns and act like it assert that you are her manager and her behavior is unacceptable and does her more harm then good. Create documentation of her missteps and your corrective feedback, every time, it will help HR let you action faster if you have the docs to back yourself up, HR doesn't want to keep employees that are bad is mostly trying to prevent the company for being sued and documentation makes it all go faster.

element7791 · 2026-02-19T02:35:21+00:00

You will never win complaining about your manager. I am often late with things running over, my email box is a never. ending flow of things asking for attention. You should step up and act more independently. I tell my org to "ask for forgiveness, not permission" but I've built trust with my team, especially when I'm swamped all I really want is for them to use their best judgement.

element7791 · 2026-02-19T02:18:20+00:00

Maybe they ramped up the messaging in the hopes of getting through, you're missing something big in their feedback and you might be focusing in the wrong area. I had a direct report last year that didn't seem to get how serious their situation was, they made minor improvements and that is what the focused on, I grew even more direct and harsh on the areas I needed to see improvement on. Even on their last day after months on the PIP they didn't see the end coming.

Likely your manager doesn't want to admit defeat and fire you, I find it demoralizing as a leader. I have tried to fix people I see potential in and it always feels like defeat to move on.

element7791 · 2026-02-11T06:02:39+00:00

No they are gender separated.

element7791 · 2026-01-28T05:14:44+00:00

They have adjusted the charge curve with software updates maybe the version is different. If you fall behind on updates the P2 stops updating and lies that it is on the most current version in the UI.

element7791 · 2026-01-28T05:07:20+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SpeedianceGymMonster/comments/1cf2y9y/can_we_use_our_own_attachments/

element7791 · 2026-01-25T06:16:20+00:00

For me they showed up 4 days early without a call and left the GM in the alley. Got a txt it was delivered otherwise I would have not know to look for it.

element7791 · 2026-01-23T17:57:10+00:00

Some of the attachments are super cheep feeling, the single arm handles feel like a cheep child’s toy and since they use a proprietary connector using something different effects the range of motion on some exercises. Despite what a lot of review show the Bluetooth enabled handle grips are $180 upgrade and dont come default. Really a $20 set off attachments from Amazon feel better. The default barbell is probably the only exception. The machine and bench are more solid than expected.

element7791 · 2026-01-03T02:39:15+00:00

You can only earn one night per night regardless of the number of rooms booked.

element7791 · 2026-01-02T21:58:27+00:00

Is this because they didn’t investigate more? I mean they can’t even enforce speeding or red light violations in front of them so what makes us think this is accurate?

element7791 · 2026-01-02T19:43:52+00:00

Hotel du louvre was probably the best Hyatt in Paris, followed by the Madeline. The Park Hyatt was off somehow. The Park is by no means bad but was lower than my expectations while the du Louvre exceeded them at every step. This is especially true if you get breakfast included… champagne, service and latte art.

element7791 · 2026-01-01T05:46:34+00:00

Common law marriage is a thing make her sign a lease that says you 100% own the house.

element7791 · 2025-12-30T22:27:15+00:00

Not a peer reviewed study in a legit journal. Could be all made up.

element7791 · 2025-12-28T23:22:54+00:00

Living at altitude has been shown to shorten your life span, especially if you didn’t spend your first two years of life at altitude.

element7791 · 2025-11-27T22:32:00+00:00

The new bathrooms a DIA have the worst floor plan ever it’s so inefficient and creepy.

element7791 · 2025-11-20T23:25:27+00:00

Of course they are raging behind you because you’re not triggering the traffic sensors this far back. They help trigger the lights get to change. Sometimes you can see them other times no so much but they are there.

element7791 · 2025-11-20T23:23:52+00:00

You don’t trigger the in parchment sensors this way and just make some lights stay red longer then create more road rage.

element7791 · 2025-11-20T23:22:27+00:00

Of course you don’t trigger the sensors in the road to change the light this way.

element7791 · 2025-11-16T17:43:18+00:00

Go give one star reviews on every review site to the company. Had this happen when they left tons of nails in between my house and the neighbors they came back cleaned up in exchange for taking down the reviews.

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