re: Dealing with a micromanager

The grass ain't always greener baw. You could go from the frying pan into the fire.

Micro managers are the worst.


I make an effort in interviews to say more than once I hate micromanagers and have no desire to work under one.

Saves myself and them time in Hiring process.
Old saying I heard that makes sense, ......people don't leave companies they leave people.
It's true.

I wish some douchebag here that sees value in micromaging would chime in and help us all understand.


And no, bc it validates your job and makes you relevant isn't an acceptable answer.

My take:

Micro managers are insecure and don’t take blame well. Your strategy:

1). Build boss’s confidence. “Great idea” or “That worked really well last time, good thought” will go a long way.

2). Take the bullet when you should. And sometimes when you shouldn’t. Micros are scared of things going wrong or being blamed. Don’t throw blame on the micro. And T1FTT sometimes.

3). Avoid when stressed. If your micro can’t get you, he can’t manage. If your micro is freaked, avoid em.

That’s all I got. Good luck, Birdseed. Hope you get that foreman pay.

Half the time they don’t even realize they’re doing it. They just think that they are just being on top of things. I give them some slack if they’re at least polite about it, but if he is being snobby or an a-hole, frick off.

The best way to deal with a micromanager is make it a game and flood him with input. Make his micromanagement work against him. Step up your meetings, questions, comments, interactions, conversations, emails etc

Cover that MFer up

CSB

Had a boss I worked for in a Project Management Role. She got to the point where she asked me to, "sign out," when I left my desk with the time, intended destination, estimated time I'd get back, actual time I got back, reason for delay if I went over.

I steered into the skid on the 2nd day. I took a bathroom break and fully documented why I ran long (#1 turned into #2). After 2 log-ins like that the rest of the week, when we reviewed it at the end of the week at our, "Friday Progress Report," Meeting, the sign out sheet was magically discontinued.

Things really didn't get better though. I left 3 years ago in October. Had spent 7 years there with 5 actual promotions within that span before running into her. Got so bad I promoted out and she talked trash about me to the hiring manager AFTER I transferred out and got my promotion rescinded.

Realized she wouldn't let me leave so I walked away with the better part of a decade's worth of institutional knowledge...earned from the ground up and then supplemented by a system's level understanding of the background processes, etc.

The only regret was trying to promote twice before finally going elsewhere totally. Should've done that long ago. It's been over 3 years and I am dumb for trying to stick it out as long as I did.

It ain't worth it, brah. If you are good enough, your skill set is valuable enough to go find happiness elsewhere. The grass at work can ABSOLUTELY be greener.

Yeah, things will work out. I'm usually not one to bitch about my job considering the fact that there are individuals out there that are currently struggling to get a job, but I just needed to let off some steam.