re: Workplace / Authority anxiety

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I've had great bosses who started as micromanagers but changed to solid, supportive managers once an employee earned their trust.

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I've never seen this occur as you describe it.

CAN it happen?

Sure, but the odds are heavily stacked that it won't happen.

The micromanagement trait comes from a general distrust of anyone other than themselves.

Sometimes it's a god complex, that no one can do it better than themselves.

Either way, most adults who distrust don't generally wake up one morning as a changed trusting person.

"Trust but verify" instead.