If you have a scenario where a couple of devs are trying to make a decision about how a particular thing should work, and a manager comes in and shares their opinion and everyone basically just defaults to “okay, since the manager said to do it this way, let’s do it this way.”
I suppose it’s not an explicit ultimatum, but perhaps it’s a silent/implicit ultimatum.
Can you expand on this? I’m curious.
Sure!
If you have a scenario where a couple of devs are trying to make a decision about how a particular thing should work, and a manager comes in and shares their opinion and everyone basically just defaults to “okay, since the manager said to do it this way, let’s do it this way.”
I suppose it’s not an explicit ultimatum, but perhaps it’s a silent/implicit ultimatum.
That does sound brutal!
I have worked in a team, where the manager (oblivious of the technical complexity of the PR) just announces, "this should be 'done' by the EOD"
hey could you expand on this one? Harmless office gossip is a good way of social interaction, no?
If your teammates are talking poorly about other teammates, that’s harmful gossip.
If they are talking about celebrity relationships, that’s a totally different thing.
In this context, I mean if your teammates are gossiping about each other, leadership, or even customers - that could be a red flag.
Oh I see, the underground politics going on & people saying things about others that they can't say to their face is definitely a red flag!