When your coworker does great work, tell their manager
Highlighting unseen work in public allows managers to recognize efforts their reports are doing. Still, there is some cases in which it might put your colleague in a tight spot. So always ask if it's ok first.
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source news.ycombinator.com
) - Another way of putting it: managers needs domain knowledge and to know the work their reports do.
Engineering Team Management › Team Dynamics: “Highlighting unseen work in public allows managers to recognize efforts their reports are doing. Still, there is some cases in which it might put your colleague in a tight spot. So always ask if it's ok first.”