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How do you deal with a micromanaging supervisor?
DIR By: spunkyboy08
Date: October 11, 2018, 10:35 am
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There is a supervisor at work who wants control, and
micromanages at work.
He drives me and my co-workers up a tree.
I can feel the tension in the air when he is supervising.
How do you deal with someone who is like this?
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Re: How do you deal with a micromanaging supervisor?
DIR By: Amara
Date: October 11, 2018, 11:32 am
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I had that. I got out. It was the only solution because she
brown-nosed the VP to the max.
However, it's interesting that Alison of Ask a Manager dealt
with this, with the new supervisor, yesterday:
HTML https://www.askamanager.org/2018/10/my-staff-tells-me-what-theyre-doing-rather-than-asking-permission.html
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Re: How do you deal with a micromanaging supervisor?
DIR By: BeagleMommy
Date: October 11, 2018, 3:12 pm
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I have had micromanagers and found the best way to deal with
them is to always let them know what you are doing. I used to
send an email first thing in the morning that said "Good Morning
Micro. Here is what is on my agenda for today. Items 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6. When should we meet to go over the work and is there
anything you'd rather I give priority to?"
Many times micromanagers like lots of information. If you give
it to them early they will usually leave you be.
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Re: How do you deal with a micromanaging supervisor?
DIR By: Lula
Date: October 11, 2018, 3:44 pm
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Is this the same person you mentioned previously?
HTML https://badmanners.createaforum.com/the-work-day/high-maintenance-supervisor/msg9632/#msg9632
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Re: How do you deal with a micromanaging supervisor?
DIR By: bopper
Date: October 11, 2018, 3:48 pm
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Search for micromanaging on askamanager.org
e.g.
HTML https://www.thecut.com/2016/11/ask-a-boss-my-boss-is-a-micromanager.html
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Re: How do you deal with a micromanaging supervisor?
DIR By: spunkyboy08
Date: October 11, 2018, 7:29 pm
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> Is this the same person you mentioned previously?
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HTML https://badmanners.createaforum.com/the-work-day/high-maintenance-supervisor/msg9632/#msg9632
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No, but it is someone else who works in the same department.
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Re: How do you deal with a micromanaging supervisor?
DIR By: Rho
Date: October 11, 2018, 9:15 pm
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The micro manager I worked for would give me two different
orders to find prices of product and and write up wholesale &
retail prices. No matter what one I selected and started on she
would tell me to work and the other one 1st. I learned to ask
immediately " What is more important to start on; A or B?"
She miro managed because she was a bully and bullies back down
when confronted.
The one time I had already began a huge spread sheet she came
over and told me in detail how to display all the information in
a way that made sense to her but not to me. I politely listened
and calmly repeated "THIS system works for me" several times
until she backed off.
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Re: How do you deal with a micromanaging supervisor?
DIR By: kckgirl
Date: October 12, 2018, 2:44 pm
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I was a supervisor for the last 11 years before I retired. My
mentor taught me by example that some things don't really matter
how they get done, as long as they do get done. I followed that
example and had happy employees when I let them do their jobs.
Honestly, I have never had experience with a micro manager, but
now you know how not to do it.
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Re: How do you deal with a micromanaging supervisor?
DIR By: Rose Red
Date: October 12, 2018, 2:52 pm
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> I was a supervisor for the last 11 years before I retired. My
mentor taught me by example that some things don't really matter
how they get done, as long as they do get done. I followed that
example and had happy employees when I let them do their jobs.
Honestly, I have never had experience with a micro manager, but
now you know how not to do it.
>
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Unfortunately, the micromanager is not here looking for advice.
I'm not sure how the OP can deal with one, but try the
suggestion of sending them a list first thing in the morning and
see what happens before trying something else.
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Re: How do you deal with a micromanaging supervisor?
DIR By: Lula
Date: October 14, 2018, 2:43 pm
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If you haven't already, google the "hairy arm technique." The
gist is you make an obvious mistake on purpose. If you satisfy
the micromanager's need to critique something, they're more
likely to leave the rest of your work alone.
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