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by navbaker 1094 days ago
Our group of about 65 is split 2/3 researchers and developers and 1/3 project managers/leads. Since our offices are all along one long hall, we’ve had to be extremely proactive about making sure meetings that involve “makers” are kept to a minimum and they are only allowed to be in the morning to allow for guaranteed blocks of work time. We’ve also gotten really intentional about putting our status on whiteboards on our door so we don’t get pop-ins from managers.
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> 1/3 project managers/leads

That seems quite top heavy. I wonder if your need to be proactive is less driven by the structure of your office and more by the number of bosses you have.

We have people from a bunch of other groups working on our projects, we aren’t the only ones