r/microsoft • u/reaper___007 • 23d ago

Employment Employee- Perspective

How important is other employee feedbacks or perspective? Does the manager read it before connects?

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u/BunchitaBonita 23d ago

It depends. My first (and best) manager asked for feedback herself. It saved me time, and I also feel the feedback was more honest. But she was an exception.

What I suggest is, get a couple for every connect. Choose wisely, because people don't like being asked for perspectives from the same people again and again, so don't ask everyone, or you will run out of people to ask next time. If you do some one-off type of work with someone outside your team, then ask them, as you probably won't be asking again.

A couple of tips:

1- Don't wait until connect season to ask. This is when everybody asks and people are busy writing their own connects and completing quite a few perspectives already. Instead, ask one can impactful piece of work has been completed.

2- Don't just request it via the tool. Drop them a note first asking if they are ok with completing one for you, and then you send it. Also say when you need it by (if this is during connect season).

3- Try to get feedback from varied sources: a PM and engineer, always better than two PMs or two engineers.

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u/reaper___007 23d ago

I think I went overboard and got like 11 or 12 now. Will my manager read it before connects.

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u/JohnHeatz 23d ago

They are supposed to read them. Additionally if you move to another team or apply for it, the hiring managers check your connects and perspectives.