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How to deal with a micro-manager?
Please HELP me!!! I am going crazy in my job right now. I have been with the same department for almost 4 years now so obviously I know my job and do it well. My bosses have never had any problems with my work or anything like that. I HATE my job so much that it is really depressing me. I have one main supervisor and I cannot stand her anymore. She is such a micro-manager! and it drives me crazy. I like her as a person but she treats me like a child and I feel like she doesn't trust me. She will assign me work and then go over it with me even though it's what I have been doing for the last 4 years. She will constantly send me e-mails about the stupidest little things and wants an update on EVERYTHING I do. I understand that is her job but she is ridiculous! If I go to the bathroom or something, she is almost always looking for me and then when I return she says "Oh there you are" She will give me letters to send out and she tries to scare me by putting on this really stern face and acting like it's a life or death situation. The majority of my office is managers and they are all the same if not worse. The Director of our department is the most evil woman I have ever worked for. As you can see, I have a wonderful job! Can anyone help me or give me some tips on how to deal with this?
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Re: How to deal with a micro-manager?
Do you get performance reviews with your manager? If so, I would bring this up then. Not in an accusing, you are driving me crazy kind of way (of course). But you could stress how much experience you have in this position and let her know that sometimes you feel as if she doesn't trust you to get the work done. One of two things will happen - it will either lead to a good discussion and hopefully help you both find a better way to work together. Or, you will get confirmation that this is just how she is and she doesn't intend to change. In which case, keep your eyes peeled for a new opportunity.
Good luck!
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I would take one of two approaches depending on which would be more effective - not sure what kind of person she is. Option #1 is to set up a meeting with her to discuss her management style and let her know that you operate best and most efficiently when you have a set arrangement for status updates. Tell her you understand her need to know exactly what's going on at all times and you can appreciate that but that you need to be able to work efficiently without interupption so can you establish a set schedule for status updates - maybe once each day before you go home you send a complete update all of requests. Once you've agreed upon it, then you can refer back to it if she bothers you.
If option #1 won't work, then i'd suggest you status update her to death until she leaves you alone. Send her updates several times a day before she has time to ask. She might get tired of hearing from you.... I found that managers who want to know everything find out quickly that they don't really want to know everything when it's actually given to them.