sounds like u guys have bad tl. statuses are quarterly, reviews yearly, walks weekly shouldn't take longer than 15 minutes, the biweekly tl meetings should only last an hour. i print every report in my workcenter, delegate the weeks workload, check/send emails, status with the tl im mentoring, etc. and im on the floor with my team 90% of the time. it sucks that you guys don't see your tl, although i understand on the sales floor the scheduling is sporadic.
the first few weeks i took over, i actually monitored my time and kept up with it to make sure i was spending quality time with each tm and the team overall. i feel really bad when im not out there. my biggest gripe is the dayside huddles. my etl said i needed to attend at least one a week to keep everyone up to date and do recognition. but man, those things are an hour long. we run through our stuff in five minutes when we huddle unless there's some huge new focus we need to train on. don't miss it at all!