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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you all do weekly reports or meetings and brief him on what needs to be done? In theory, it should be your supervisor telling you. In practice, I have had new bosses coming in knowing absolutely zero about anything and had to literally forward them every email, explain what it is, when it needs to be done, who should do it, etc.[/quote]

He understands that much. 
But he doesn’t understand how much work it takes to get from point A to point B. Some things we are able to turn around very quickly, but he doesn’t understand which things are easy and quick vs deep dives that will take days or weeks. It all looks the same to him. [/quote]

Then the best thing you can do is send him an estimated # of hours for every single task he sends out.  If says that X needs to be done, you answer "sure! That's a quick one, I'll have it done tomorrow" or "Sure, no problem. That'll require X, Y and Z. Larla and I can work it together to get it done by the 20th, it'll take about 80 hours between the two of us." If the boss pushes back on the estimate, you go into greater detail on what it will take to get it done. [/quote]

The above is a perfect example. If you have knowledge to share, share it! Stop complaining. Every job has a learning curve it’s important for you to understand even you had to learn what you know. Share the knowledge! [/quote]

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