Does your Manager have access to your calendar including private appointments?
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Anonymous
| This is my first work encounter where a manager has asked for full access to my calendar. After speaking with a colleague in a different group she mentioned that this should actually not be allowed. Am I enabling my manager access to something that they shouldn’t have? |
Anonymous
| I thinks he means your business calendar. Not your personal calendar. |
Anonymous
| Nope. I think at my law firm we can see other people's calendars but will just see blocks of time that are not booked. They can't see what my appointments are about at all. But they never look at that. |
Anonymous
| Micromanager alert! Good luck. |
Anonymous
+1 unless you put your private appointments on your business calendar |
Anonymous
Op here. It’s combined due to being asked to list private appointments or any out of the office time into the calendar. |
Anonymous
| My manager can see my calendar for work days including when I will be out of the “office” on personal business. She cannot see what that business is because it’s not her business. |
Anonymous
| Manager here- don't list private appts on your work calendar. Just write "Sick Leave- OOO" or "Annual leave- OOO" |
Anonymous
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Yes, our work calendars are not private and that’s how people can see when you’re available.
I do list personal stuff on my calendar but nothing is that personal (kid stuff). If it were personal, I would just say “unavailable” and block out the time. |
Anonymous
| I have two calendars up at all times: one is my work calendar and one is my personal calendar. I overlay them so can see everything at a glance. I share my work calendar with everyone - my supervisor, my direct reports, etc. I also ask to see their calendars. Personal appointments can be marked as private and I don't see what they are and I don't care. I do it so I can schedule meetings that may overlap or run next to other meetings without worrying about whether they will be able to make the meeting (e.g. too far to get from one meeting to another, one meeting has a priority over another, etc.). I don't consider it micro-managing because that is the only reason I use it. If they consider it micro-managing they don't say anything. Hopefully after a bit of time, they realize I don't use it for that purpose. |
Anonymous
You can list private appointments without saying what they are. Just write appointment or personal appointment in the block. If you are using regular core work hours for private appointments, I don't see why they would not be permitted to know you are taking off, but there is no reason for them to know the specifica. And, yes, my boss does have access to my calendar. We have to submit our daily schedule for roll call, but we don't have to give specifics about meetings or personal time (but we have to mark ourselves out if it's personal). |
Anonymous
Of course my boss and coworkers can see my work calendar. Anything "private" would simply be an OOO notification on work calendar. |
Anonymous
+1 I block off time for doctor's appointments and the like on my work calendar for this reason (I don't want the scheduling assistant to tell someone I'm available for a call when I'm not) but I just write "appointment", no personal details. |
Anonymous
Well, of course your manager gets to know when you'll be out of office. You just don't write "Kid's IEP" or "psychologist" or "egg retrieval" on the appointment. You just right "out of office" or "leave" on your work calendar and then keep a separate calendar with the details you need. |
Anonymous
| You can click the lock button and make appts private on your calendar. Time will still be blocked. |