When someone manages a work-from-home employee by checking that their status in a chat application like Slack, Microsoft Teams, etc., hasn't shifted from a green dot signifying "Present/Available" to an orange, yellow, or red dot signifying "Away", rather than by measuring things like quality and quantity of work output, whether deliverables are met in a timely fashion, customer satisfaction, etc.
With the explosion in employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020+, many managers who had been accustomed to prowling cube farms and looking over their employees' shoulders to make sure they were working, resorted to this technique.
With the explosion in employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020+, many managers who had been accustomed to prowling cube farms and looking over their employees' shoulders to make sure they were working, resorted to this technique.
"My manager totally does management by green dot. I got yelled at for being 'Away' on Slack yesterday morning because I had to spend half an hour on the phone with my kid's school. I'm going to have to get one of those mouse jigglers."
by ImTiredandINeedaNap October 09, 2021
It's official. What's said and done is intentional, direct and to the point. The Manager has spoken. I said what I said
Some of yall got people you call friends who ain't got one friend bone in their whole body. 🤣 Thx Management
by Ericka Porter Mba April 05, 2022
Management shark. A middle management person that will do anything necessary to support the corporation and their own interests. A management shark.
Management shark. will do anything to advance/ promote their own managerial career, a management shark.
by The 99% April 27, 2017
During the PowerPoint Presentation my boss was -as usual- giving a perfect example of diaper management!
by Harpo Marx November 03, 2015
by ForgottenSquirrel November 23, 2017
When an employee for a company has such a bad attitude even the managers don't like to be around them. It most cases, it's easier to just avoid them then to fire them.
Angie: Hey Becca, why did all the managers just walk away like that?
Becca: Because Brian just walked in, he's manager repellent.
Becca: Because Brian just walked in, he's manager repellent.
by denchr6 May 24, 2024