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Set manager as reviewer instead of assignee

Marcel van Remmerden requested to merge mvanremmerden-master-patch-28459 into master

Why is this change being made?

As larger GitLab team, it's our usual process that for merge requests the author sets themselves as "Assignee" and sets other team members as "Reviewer", when they want them to review/merge. As adding yourself to the team page is most often the first MR someone opens, we should align the process with that and make sure that new team members automatically follow the same process.

Author Checklist

  • Provided a concise title for this Merge Request (MR)
  • Added a description to this MR explaining the reasons for the proposed change, per say why, not just what
    • Copy/paste the Slack conversation to document it for later, or upload screenshots. Verify that no confidential data is added.
  • Assign reviewers for this MR to the correct Directly Responsible Individual/s (DRI)
    • If the DRI for the page/s being updated isn’t immediately clear, then assign it to one of the people listed in the Maintained by section on the page being edited
    • If your manager does not have merge rights, please ask someone to merge it AFTER it has been approved by your manager in #mr-buddies
  • If the changes affect team members, or warrant an announcement in another way, please consider posting an update in #whats-happening-at-gitlab linking to this MR
    • If this is a change that directly impacts the majority of global team members, it should be a candidate for #company-fyi. Please work with internal communications and check the handbook for examples.

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