Manager Chad

In Defense of the Meeting That Could Have Been an Email (By the Guy Who Scheduled It)

A thread asked for the biggest accepted waste of time at work. Manager Chad, sensing an attack on his calendar, has prepared a defense. In a meeting.

The Feedback Sandwich: How to Bury One Useful Sentence Between Two Compliments Nobody Believes

A beloved management technique for hiding one piece of real feedback between two compliments. Manager Chad swears by it, against all evidence.

I Scheduled Skip-Level Meetings to Build Trust. My Team Is Now Updating Their Resumes.

Manager Chad read that skip-level meetings 'build trust,' so he scheduled a round. The trust is going great. The resumes are going better.

'Per My Last Email': A Manager's Guide to Saying Nothing in 200 Words

A celebration of the corporate phrases that move zero work forward while sounding extremely on top of it. Written, earnestly, by a man who means every single word.

A CEO Bragged That 'Problems Disappeared' After He Fired His Entire HR Team. The Thread Has Notes.

An Employee Has Taken 'Intermittent FMLA' Every Friday Since March. HR Wants Options That Aren't a Lawsuit.

We Let an AI Rewrite the Entire Employee Handbook Over the Weekend. Monday Was a Compliance Incident.

Our Job Posting for a Part-Time Receptionist Requires a Master's, 5 Years' Experience, and 'Founder Mentality.' It Pays $19.

Payroll Has Been 'Rounding' Everyone's Clock-Out to the Nearest 15 Minutes. Always Down. For Three Years.

Someone 'Fixed' the Sparking Break-Room Microwave With Duct Tape. I Have Now Filed the Ninth Report.

My VP's Plan to 'Boost Morale': Make Friday Fun Mandatory and Track Attendance in a Spreadsheet.

Leadership Said 'We're All Family Here' in the Same All-Hands Where They Cut the 401(k) Match.