Managers. Yes you managers new to remote work.

DO NOT MESSAGE YOUR DIRECTS WITH:

* i need to talk to you when you& #39;re free
* hey, can we talk
* when are you free?

Add context or your report will spend the next hour worrying if they& #39;re gonna be fired today.

This goes for scheduling 1:1s with no context.

I have reports schedule 1:1s for this reason, and it scales better. It& #39;s as simple as: "Hey, no specific reason but I want to touch base often since we& #39;re remote. Do you have time and can you schedule something this week?"

I once added a room-booking to a 1:1, and my report told me later they were freaking out. It was a holdover habit from my last company, but I hadn& #39;t considered the implication of adding a "private space", often used to deliver bad news.

Credit to @cassidoo for originally calling this out. https://twitter.com/cassidoo/status/1167507260605489152">https://twitter.com/cassidoo/...