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> How would one do that exactly?

Don't talk to each team member one-on-one, that'll never work.

Talk to your manager, make it clear in terms they understand. That doesn't mean complain or whine to them as that will just push them away from the point that you're trying to make.

You need to REALLY make it clear to them not in your terms, but in their terms. Show them that every time they do this your productivity goes down. Show them that if it's happening to you, it's also happening to others too. Show them the research that says interruptions are bad. Show them the communication models that other companies are using that work.

Your manager isn't going to do the research for you, they're too busy managing others. The only thing that managers are trying to do is to reduce the complaining to a minimum. If that means the minimum is only you complaining, then they are going to optimise for only you complaining. If you actually show them the research, show them a list of rules, show them a plan that can be implemented, then you complaining is always going to be the minimum. You need to show them that if they follow these steps, then the complaining will essentially go down to zero, only then will they act on it.




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