[spaetzleesser]

One thing I noticed is that a lot of managers create an environment they would not want to work in themselves. A good manager should not just pass on orders from above and report back but try to shape the work environment so their reports can work well.

A lot of managers in my company only ask “when” but never “how” or “why”. It doesn’t help to constantly remind people of deadlines without listening to and implementing suggestions for improving the work environment.

[president]

I think this is because in most cases, the "when" is what their bonuses/promotions are based on. Managers don't get promoted because the code is great or the architecture was elegant, they get promoted for raw delivery and being able to say "my team delivered X in only Y days".

[Aeolun]

I recently told my manager ‘we have literally never delivered a project on time because of process deficiencies, you expect me to believe the next project will be any different?’, only to be told that we had to deliver this one on time, because it was for a client (all our previous projects were too).

I just don’t follow how that logic works..

[Rapzid]

The whole team needs to work together to create an environment that incentivizes the desired behaviors while being an enjoyable experience.

Setting in place and maintaining a system like that is hard. Telling people what to do is easy.