My manager said my status updates were useless, so I started writing them in 5 minutes or less
Six months ago my manager at our Chicago office pulled me aside and said my Friday updates were just a wall of text nobody read. She asked me to try writing one short paragraph with the one thing that changed and the one thing I needed help with, and it took me about 5 minutes the first week. Now I actually get replies from people who can unblock me, so how do you all handle updates without it turning into a chore?