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Then? Silence. Not even a reply to the stuff they asked for or I need from them.
I genuinely thought PMs and researchers were supposed to be best friends, partners in building great products. But wow… not where I’m working.
I feel like my PMs are honestly kind of useless and unhelpful when it comes to user understanding. I'm a team of ONE. I don’t need hours of your time. just one meeting a week, or a little input, or anything that shows you give a damn about your users.
So PMs of Fishbowl: are you really that slammed? Or is research just not important enough until it’s time to prove a point in a deck?
Would love honest replies. I’m tired of doing this in a vacuum.
I'm not a PM but close and I would be the one hounding you 🤣
LOL maybe it's just my company
There are just a lot of bad people that are now PM’s that gamified their way past interviews and got the job because it pays well. They don’t care about the users or the product, it’s just a job. The other possible option is they are overwhelmed with too many requests from everyone and aren’t good at prioritizing what’s truly important. One of the most important skills of a PM is saying “NO” firmly and staying the course of the plan for the product. But you don’t say no to spending time understanding your users that’s just silly, have to find the time somehow.
That's good perspective. Thinking about it, I think a few of them may be actually that busy. But yeah, there might be a few who just don't care
Well said