[risto1]

It's not a blanket statement, that's exactly what daily standups are for. It's a micromanagement tool because they don't trust their employees.

If you're stuck or blocked on something, you should talk to whoever you need to immediately. If you need to talk to someone, that's what the chat's for. If it's supposed to be a way for the team to bond, then it shouldn't have anything to do with status updates, talk about the weather instead.

It's so obviously a micromanagement tool, but sometimes you can piss on someone and they'll believe you when you say it's raining

[ethiclub]

>It's so obviously a micromanagement tool

Here's devil's advocate against that statement (although appreciate that in practice / 'on the ground' where you it might have been manipulated by management).

Let's imagine your daily standup, but without any management roles involved in the meeting (or any meeting debrief).

Is it valuable? A group of people getting together to:

- State their resolutions for the day. This provides accountability to the group and to the self (some people might value this opportunity to retain motivation). Further, if the goals are not aligned with the group, it is an opportunity for everyone to align.

- State where they are stuck. Perhaps this should have been caught before, but at least it's getting caught. And if no-one is stuck, no time is spent on it, and it's no skin off anyone's nose. But everyone goes away with peace of mind that everything is being 'pushed forward'.

If the tool is not misused or tainted by an authoritative culture, it could be valuable.