Dows anyone else get frustrated by constant MS Teams chats from their manager? Why else do we have weekly meetings. Which frankly I find excessive. We are not saving lives in the hospital. Everything can wait until the meeting. How can I manage this?

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We have DAILY meetings and on top of that extended meetings every two weeks… I realized that my manger just loves to socialize and use this time as a “team builder.” Waste of my time. She gets mad if I decline and prioritize other tasks.

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I smell a micromanager from this post. No ONE needs this much touch point ever lol.

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OMG same. Everything is urgent as soon as s/he thinks of it. Nobody is dying. It can wait til 1:1. Managers need to learn how to prioritize and assess urgencies and give people their space to work. It’s a personality thing and havent found a workaround.

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As much as I hate micromanaging or being micromanaged, it really depends on the situation. If the budget meeting happens before the weekly 1:1, I will need an update from my team before my budget meeting. Today morning, we had a portfolio assessment meeting, and I needed some Q1numbers for 2026, and even though I had 1:1 scheduled in like 5 hours, I had to ask team for the numbers during the meeting. And no, this project was not on agenda so I did not have the latest numbers. So, in next meeting ask your manager why the urgent need for updates or if there was something you can proactively provide to avoid last minute chaos...

Teams should.not take place of regular chats. People are using for conversations and not what it is meant for. Managers need to stop using as form of communication.

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