Managers, stop distracting employees
After being in a large company for ten years, I’m convinced that managers and companies don’t want productivity from their employees, what they want is alignment and legibility.<p>Alignment being: we both agree on what you should be working on, and legibility being: are we on track, or do we need management intervention to ensure completion? Emails, status meetings, stand ups, pop ins, IMs, while detrimental to achieving objectives, satisfies management desires.