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Originally Posted by boogerz
That could also backfire and put a target on the OP's back if his supervisor is the skip-level's go-to guy
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Yeah, I am relying on Ferrari knowing the skip level manager well enough to understand if this is a good idea or bad idea in their given situation and corporate culture.
With my current employer and role, having a skip level 1:1 is encouraged.
With my last employer, I never needed a skip level conversation with my first manager, because they were such a damned good manager and I could freely talk to them. When I was assigned the manager I ended up quitting from, I never really felt like I could talk to my skip level about him, because the skip level and my new manager were pretty tight. And he was a sh-tty manager.
So you need to know the playing field before having that sort of conversation.