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re: Workplace / Authority anxiety
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:13 pm to FrancisCostello
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:13 pm to FrancisCostello
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work for a self proclaimed micro manager who is constantly examining my work.
Dealt with this a few years back. Not only a micromanager, but a complete idiot. I did everything possible to work with it, but ultimately left for a small pay cut with another company. Worth every penny.
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Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:14 pm to NATidefan
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Welcome to being an adult. We don't get stickers or get to go pick a prize from the bin.
Only an a-hole only gives negative feedback. It doesn't even logically make sense, when someone is doing something well I want them to know that so they can keep doing well.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:14 pm to FrancisCostello
Get some weed or begin drinking for christs sake
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:15 pm to FrancisCostello
OP, I had the same problem with my old job. I started in BR and had a wonderful time with the company, lots of recognition and growth. I had to transfer to another area and my new (female) boss was a total piece of shite. She rode everyone's arse constantly and destroyed all workplace morale. I eventually left the company after another year and a half. There was no room for MEN to advance there due to her. I knew I was a great worker, everyone there constantly told me how great I was at my job etc. Sometimes you just gotta move on.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:19 pm to FrancisCostello
Look for a new job now, don't be in a rush but you are feeling the first symptoms of burnout - a micro managing boss is a big precursor.
Once burnout has set it in you are in trouble, hard to bounce back quickly. Definitely need to head that one off before it gets bad.
Once burnout has set it in you are in trouble, hard to bounce back quickly. Definitely need to head that one off before it gets bad.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:20 pm to FrancisCostello
They’re pretty happy that I show up everyday
All I got.
All I got.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:21 pm to FrancisCostello
I've had great bosses who started as micromanagers but changed to solid, supportive managers once an employee earned their trust.
I've also had coworkers who accused bosses of being micromanagers, when in truth those coworkers were incompetent and not worthy of the manager's trust.
If you're being micromanaged after proving yourself worthy of trust, seek employment elsewhere.
I've also had coworkers who accused bosses of being micromanagers, when in truth those coworkers were incompetent and not worthy of the manager's trust.
If you're being micromanaged after proving yourself worthy of trust, seek employment elsewhere.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:22 pm to FrancisCostello
quote:what's your husband think of all this?
Still, despite the success, boss never encourages, never praises, never compliments… only sees the negative.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:23 pm to Smoke7024
I also deal with this to an extent. Just got a text from someone that they sent me an email. 
This post was edited on 7/17/23 at 1:23 pm
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:32 pm to FrancisCostello
when I realized that a former boss needed me more than I needed him, and that he would be really fricked if I quit for an offer with the competition, and probably bring a few clients with me - it changed my whole perspective....and I did exactly that anyway about five years ago and my whole family continues to benefit enormously from that decision.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:33 pm to FrancisCostello
Work-induced anxiety is becoming much more common - and severe - today than ever before.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:35 pm to FrancisCostello
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I work for a self proclaimed micro manager
I would start looking. Those are the worst.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:36 pm to FrancisCostello
No, I'm good at what I do, but for someone like you, I guess, just know that companies hate firing people and having to job search and hire someone. That stuff is expensive. They'd rather stick with your marginal bum self than find someone new.
This post was edited on 7/17/23 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:39 pm to FrancisCostello
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I work for a self proclaimed micro manager
Sounds like your boss needs a class in leadership and you need to loud cap his arse.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:40 pm to FrancisCostello
why can't you leave for greener pastures??
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:45 pm to WB Davis
quote:I've never seen this occur as you describe it.
I've had great bosses who started as micromanagers but changed to solid, supportive managers once an employee earned their trust.
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.
This post was edited on 7/17/23 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:49 pm to FrancisCostello
If you truly believe that you do excellent work, then you have nothing to be worried about.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 1:51 pm to SeeeeK
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Get some weed or begin drinking for christs sake
You should listen to him. He is pre-med.
Posted on 7/17/23 at 2:01 pm to Cosmo
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Stop being a bitch.
This is such a self centric, simpleton viewpoint. I've had a boss as OP describes that is absolute hell. I mean would send me a 5 paragraph email if I showed up 1 second later to work than him or left 1 second earlier. Had an absolute bizzare freak out because I started an email with "Hey ___," instead of "Hello ____," Nobody liked this guy. I was constantly worried about getting laid off. I had such an uneasy feeling every single day because I simply just sat next to him.
He was such a pompous prick that treated subordinates like dog shite on his shoe. Not one person will show up to his death bed.
I now work somewhere 180 degree opposite with no micromanaging boss, supportive culture and am so much happier
For you to make that comment, tells me you've never dealt with a boss like this. It is a very real thing. Once you have one, you'll realize all the other people with stories like this weren't lying.
This post was edited on 7/17/23 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 7/17/23 at 2:06 pm to NATidefan
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Welcome to being an adult. We don't get stickers or get to go pick a prize from the bin.
Eh, a good boss acknowledges when their employees are handling their business.
It can be absolutely miserable working for a boss that is never happy and justifies their existence by micromanaging.
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