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Manager: We (meaning you) need to do task A. How long will it take?

Me: Task A will take X days to do.

Manager: That seems awful long.

Me: How long do you think it should take?

Manager: It surely could not take any longer than Y days.

Me: Ok, it seems you have an answer to your question then.

Later:

Manager: It’s been Y days, why isn’t task A done yet?

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[–] Klox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The good PMs usually make Y=2X or 3X. But we'll still have that "it's day Y..." conversation /shrug.