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by musicale 1254 days ago
Great idea but it violates the mushroom management rule of keeping employees in the dark and dumping on them. Knowledge is power, and power is to be held tightly.

Practices that reduce the social status gap of managers above employees are rarely popular.

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As an engineering manager, I'm sad for you. I believe in almost full transparency with my teams. The only things I keep private are personal items and things that are not yet ready to be shared.
I think they're being sarcastic.
Not sarcasm to truthfully describe the motives of many managers.

There are a lot of people out there not trying to do stuff but trying to be someone important. Those people want that separation between them and those they consider lesser.

They are not good managers. But they are legion.