Background about me: I am a consultant usually dispatched to the client site to work on a project/task for a fixed period of time. I am an employee of a consulting company that pays my salary, and provides health insurance etc. Usually I don't work with a manager per se. The full time employee on site will provide feedback to the account manager, who will tell me what I am doing wrong or right. The account manager is not there to provide any sort of career guidance or advice. He is there to ensure that I don't fuck up, and I am billable. That has been the case through our my consulting career. My company has hired a manager to whom I am supposed to report. He has scheduled a biweekly 1:1 meeting with me to talk about "anything on my mind" (his words, not mine). Some of my questions are 1. How do these meetings usually go? 2. What can or can't I talk about with my manager? I am hoping for career specific advice Any other advice would be appreciated.
Usually he tells me all the things I'm doing wrong and makes sure I'm aware that none of the team's issues are his fault. It's super productive!
Also about Happy Hours, your dog, the weather and local professional sports teams.
Mutual PIPing. He/she's a masochist and a sadist.
My manager uses it as an opportunity to argue with me about why his dumbass technical ideas are really great.
“Not helping me at all” = Welcome to Blind!
Pretty simple "When is my next promo" "How to achieve my next promo"
Usually it’s about individual goals, professional development and getting to know one another. YMMV depending on your preparation and your managers capabilities
Do you ask what is it that you are doing wrong?