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I hate when I'm there when my manager reviews work. She's generally too lazy to read the workpaper and asks a million questions that would be answered if she read the next line. Total waste of my time.
Poor baby has to go into work. So sad for you.
It's kind of annoying sometimes how entitled people are when it comes to flexibility.. technology is great and it's great to work from home sometimes but like D1 said there is no substitute for face to face communication... I'm all for flexibility but important to remember that it's a two way street.. give and take
It has nothing to do with being entitled and everything to do with the fact that I knew she wouldn't review and that it was useless for me to pay to park and spend 1.5 hours of my day commuting when she didn't even talk to me all day. Her calendar was full before I even made my decision. I'm all for reviewing in person because I agree that it makes things easier, but I'm not all for making me come to the office when it's clearly not needed.
Are you really confused as to why your manager would want you there in person when reviewing your work?
No substitute for face to face conversation
And in response to pwc1, when is flexibility supposed to actually come into play? Having to come in to the office for something that doesn't require face-time doesn't sound like OPs team is practicing much flexibility (or efficiency)
^ exactly. The firm can't go on and on about flexibility and use of technology to provide more flexibility and then not put that into actual working practice. Truthfully, I should be able to work from home at least 50% of the time, because that's how much work I do autonomously (if not more)
But that's the whole point of having technology, so that you can have those "face to face" conversations while working remotely. Saves time, gas, money, emissions from entering the environment, etc.
I think this whole thread actually kind of proves my point.. I think we ultimately agree more than we disagree but come to that conclusion and a resolution much faster if we were able to discuss in person as so much of communication is lost through emails, texts, instant messaging, and even phone calls and video chats. I agree that we need to better embrace technology but technology has its limits and we need to be more understanding of each other to more openly discuss our concerns
I'm with you OP
Man, lots of bitter people out there! Why have all these forms of communication for "flexibility" and not use them? And to Novogradac...I've never even heard of your firm so crawl back into your hole you came out of you internet troll!
Cool! Speaking of bitterness...
Hahaha
Y'all use internet at novogradac?
Smoke signals and pantomime mostly..
The real problem here seems to be a lack of communication and poor expectations set by the manager with respect to their schedule And availability to review .. I don't see anything wrong with having your team there as you review substantial amounts of their work so you can discuss and resolve in person rather than through inefficient coaching notes, but if the manager doesn't follow through on that promise to review that's obviously a problem and the OP has every right to complain about the manager not following through on her commitment to review..
In response to PwC2, I think flexibility should always be discussed and agreed upon upfront in every engagement team and will vary depending on the nature of the team and each client.. I've had a lot of success with flexibility in my teams whether it be working from home, going home early at least one night per week during busy season to spend time with family, attending important personal events such as a associate flying out for a wedding a couple days before filing.. but again it's all about setting and managing expectations upfront. We're in a client service environment and face to face communication is still best to resolve most issues and best for developing relationships
Pwc1 your points are valid but you are waiting your breath OP will not understand until they are a manager on 3 jobs with 3 partners breathing down their necks, working 14 hours a day and trying to show up the last 30 minutes of the soccer game before you get back to reviewing workpapers When you are under the gun you don't have time to IM someone in their pajamas. It is all about getting through the work quickly with no errors so the partner is happy and the client pays the billsFlexibility is great up to a point
That's the whole thing though, if the manager in your example is so busy and bouncing back and forth between 3 clients and a soccer game, they can't POSSIBLY be with everyone they need to be with in order to have conversations in person with each person. If you keep having that mentality, it just perpetuates the cycle of not being able to work flexibly