Situation Type: micro manager

  • You Got Time To Lean

    Boss saw me stand still for maybe thirty seconds after unloading a truck and hit me with the old “if you got time to lean, you…

  • Calendar Tetris

    Every task at my job is somehow “top priority,” which means nothing actually gets done cleanly. My manager keeps adding meetings to “check in on progress,”…

  • The Green Dot Police

    My manager watches our chat status like it is a security feed. If my little green dot goes yellow for more than a few minutes, I…

  • The Day a Spreadsheet Became My Supervisor

    I once worked on a team where nobody wanted to make an actual decision, so every question was answered with, “Let’s put it in the spreadsheet.”…