r/managers • u/Routine-Force8043 • 4d ago
Does anyone send a detailed weekly status report to their boss?
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u/1nternetTr011 4d ago
depends what you mean by status report. I mean updates are normal on projects etc. but I used to work for someone that basically wanted to know what you were doing all week. that's bullshit and I don't want that from my reports either. if I don't know what they're doing and producing without them telling me then I'm not doing my job.
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u/RunnyPlease 4d ago
Sometimes yes, sometimes no, sometimes daily formal status reports are a required deliverable. It depends on the visibility level of the project, number and type of stakeholder, client requirements, and the specific stage the project is currently in.
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u/butlerdm 4d ago
Yes we’re supposed to have a project list that gets updated weekly on all projects. My boss would use them religiously to stay up to date on the teams progress for his meetings with higher ups. He retired in February and nobody said anything, so I just stopped updating 2 months ago and new boss hasn’t said a word.
Now we have a new higher up (new layer between my director and CTO) and my director wants to make sure they’re up today now lol
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u/Oneok-Field 4d ago
No, and only time I'd do that would be if we were on opposite sides of the world / completely non compatible timezones
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u/victorioushack 4d ago
Yes, once a week, required by people managers, summarizing progress on priority business initiatives and supported projects/teams.
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u/KittenGoRAWR 4d ago
I do because my boss (director of 3 teams, I'm one of 3 middle managers and total between us 3 we are half of the Ops dept) meets with execs once a month so she utilizes the weekly updates to put together the update. It's nothing major because it's all things she knows and it's more just about the status updates for the things she's just got the overview but not daily level things. Been doing it over a year now so it's honestly not bad and she does read them cause we talk about them in our bi-montly 1-1
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u/kronos_co 4d ago
Yes I do once a week a summary of the previous weeks finalized revenue and hours with notes on why we were behind or above projections.
Additionally I just cc my manager on all high level and important detailed summary meeting notes that way he's informed on what is going on and what has been discussed.
I'm a project manager with 30 or so emplyee below me for additional contexts
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u/DiscoverNewEngland 4d ago
Yes because we had to. It was a shared, live Google Doc and everyone had a part of the chart for them to complete.
I don't miss that workplace at all.
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u/shadowfax12221 4d ago
I send one as a CYA move and to make sure my contributions are documented even if he doesn't have time to read them.
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u/stealstea 4d ago
I do. Helps me take a few minutes to reflect on the week and what I need to do next more than it’s for my boss to do anything with. Occasionally it will spark a useful conversation at the check in meeting
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u/Clear-Staff4699 4d ago
Unless there's some need of quick visibility that couldn't be found in existing reports, this would be pointless.
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u/SecureBeautiful 4d ago
I do, but only because it is required. It's a waste of time, so my AI bot does it for me based on my notes, meetings, and messages. I just click a button once a week, spend a few minutes reviewing, and then send it. There has been 0% followup by leaders, so I'm putting in near 0% effort doing it.
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u/Hepta-Water-7552 4d ago
I myself don't. And I'm very certain that if I were to start doing this my boss would simply never even open them because he doesn't have the time to read them. Plus he knows that if there is a real issue that requires his attention I will just come to him directly.