As an engineering leader, how do you prevent burnout? Select all that apply.
Frequent 1:1s to monitor workload41%
Frequent 1:1s to monitor employee wellness51%
PTO after a launch41%
Wellness benefits45%
Hiring more people to reduce individual workload27%
Additional work comes through tickets (not email)19%
Other (please tell us in the comments)
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I’m concerned about increasing 1:1s. It sounds like “We need to have more meetings to discuss why projects are falling behind”…. Very Dilbert like
Instead I would shorten duration of 1:1s and focus on helping reduce barriers etc. in some cases we switched to less frequent 1:1s to allow more work time.
If the project manager truly messes up the timeline then press to recalibrate to a realistic timeline or you’ll lose the staff you have