• dustyData@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    People need a metric shitton of things to do their job well. When you’re told what to do, that’s a goal. If you’re told a deadline to fulfill, that’s a metric.

    I understand that people have taken the words in an exclusively derogatory mode. But you need minimum those two things to do any job. Else you’re just a nepo dickhead who gets paid for parading around an office and you’re the piece of shit interfering with the people who actually do have jobs to do.

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      People need a metric shitton of things to do their job well

      That’s hyperbole. There’s a lot of things that would help a great deal, but can he done without.

      When you’re told what to do, that’s a goal

      No, thats a brief. A goal is “the dashboard released on time”

      If you’re told a deadline to fulfill, that’s a metric

      That’s a goal. A metric is “1000 lines of code” or “300 sprint points”

      But you need minimum those two things to do any job

      Nope. That job where a team of 3 was running like 5 websites was self-run. The CEO came to us with questions and briefs and the rest of the team made requests, and we prioritised them and did them in the most efficient order possible.

      paid for parading around an office and you’re the piece of shit interfering with the people who actually do have jobs to do.

      Sounds like management to me. Nothing produced but complaints, meetings and powerpoints.

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        14 hours ago

        Good, so next time when your manager tells you that they will halve your pay; Rescind healthcare and force you to use your personal equipment for work. Then you can tell them “alright boss”. Because you can do without all those stuff you don’t need.

        Also, a briefing is just a summary. I know because I do them all the time. Guess what is it a summary of? A summary of goals to achieve, for a mission, a project or a task someone else or myself have to achieve. God protects whoever you end up managing. You’re the definition of the clueless manager who doesn’t even have any idea of what basic words mean.