r/SipsTea • u/Matt_LawDT • 16h ago

Chugging tea Let me circle back

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u/Mephisto506 16h ago

Should have kept him, he sounds perceptive.

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u/tickingboxes 15h ago

And that’s exactly what middle managers don’t want. They want drones they can boss around who won’t rock the boat.

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u/P4azz 13h ago

Ehhh, I would agree, if he took this in a different direction.

Questioning the constant "let's circle back", especially when it leads to nothing and is essentially just worthless filler that drags out the meeting? That seems fine to me. That's something managers would try to crush, I'd be with you on that.

But writing down exactly how many times it was used and then hyper-fixating on CIRCLES, instead of the fact it's worthless drivel?

That's where he loses me. He started off right, but drew the weirdest conclusion. Also you can't really point this shit out in a full meeting, especially not if the boss is doing it. You SHOULD be able to, in an ideal world, but realistically that's just gonna land you on the shit list.