manage managers

gary martin is wrong.

he claims, 12 Feb, that employers allow personal phone calls at work in the expectation that employees will make up the time outside work hours.

an effective employer only expects that the work will be done.

micro time management may be true for the worst of the bureaucratic micro managers.

realistic managers accept that the employee is trapped inside the office all day.

the managers allow some flexibility at work or accept time spent pretending to work while planning private activities. or extended visits to the toilet, carrying a mobile phone. or nipping out for a cigarette... via the doctor's office.

an effective manager requires only that the work is done. an effective manager does not have nightly panic attacks. nor "urgent" work that cannot be rescheduled for the next work day.

an effective manager manages their own time, even more that they manage each employee's time.

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