One to one/supervision at work

[seashell35]

Hello,

I'm just wondering how much detail you go into when you have your one to ones or supervisions at work?

I work in a multidisciplinary team and it's a very stressful environment. Management are now asking that or supervisions to be once a month.

Its mainly about your well-being, any team issues etc etc. I feel it's pretty much a ticking box exercise and do they actually care as it always feels rushed. Anyway, I am really stressed at the minute and feel my mental health has taken a dip. I feel at breaking point at times in my personal life and then also have this feeling at work at times. These moments do pass tho .

Should I share this information or just keep plodding on? Am I being a bit too open if I say how I really feel from a work perspective? I work from home too so they'll have no idea I get like this and I don't want them to say for me to go into the office as I have an agreed flexible working request in place to work fully at home. This was a nightmare to obtain so don't want to jeopardise this either as going through a structural change.

I'm fairly honest if there is something that might be affecting my work.

I line manage staff and would rather they were honest because then I can look at ways to support. I don't need to know Al details if someone isn't comfortable sharing.
If it feels rushed then tell your manager before that you have some important things to discuss and can they make it a bit longer, they should make time for this.

Honestly if it was difficult to get agreed WFH, I would thread carefully. I would be afraid that they will use any opportunity to bring you back into the office especially if you bring up miscommunication, feeling out of the loop etc.

For me 1:1s were always a box ticking exercise.

@Blackandwhitemakesgrey

This is my fear. They would use it to get me back into the office as they are a bit like that.

I think I'm going to just try and manage then after the remodelling take it from there.