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Monday, December 4, 2006
Micromanager driving you nuts?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Do you feel that your boss is holding you back instead of trying to develop your skills? Is he or she constantly buzzing around your cube suffocating you every day?
One of the biggest challenges we face at work is having a micromanager. Not only is this annoying but it can be highly stressful too. This Sunday’s Jobs section has a highly insightful story which offers several ways to deal with your micromanager.
A few year ago, I had a terribly controlling micromanager and it made my life a living hell. He was always overly cheerful and could never say no to work requests or projects from higher-ups’ and would then dump the workload on me! I just couldn’t take any more bossy behavior after a year and a half and went into full-blown job search mode.
Does your boss like to be involved in every step of each of your projects? Does he or she always need a memo about the memo?
Have you ever come to blows with your boss over their unreasonable demands? How are you coping with them breathing down your neck all the time?
Are you going to continue to suffer at the hands of your micromanager or do you have one foot out of the door?
