Most micromanagers are blind to being seen as one
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The diary of a micromanager... Yes, me.
  • Drakk0n@programming.dev
    24·
    7 months ago

    I had a new VP start and immediately was DMing me on slack asking for details on every thread i was in.

    3 months in and continues the trend but then started having 1-1s with my team to further get details and question the decisions being made

    6 months in I had a talk wiht him about this level of micromanagement as it still had not changed and it was all “I have no idea” “I don’t feel like i’m being that bad” “I don’t agree”

    7 months in I’m looking for a new job and his boss is asking “why” after i informed him since the interview and constantly over the last 6 months that I could tell he was a micromanager type

    • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
      121·
      7 months ago

      I feel for you. My director likes to tell us how to solution things (i.e. how to develop software) because he was a dev long ago (not even an architect) and he has an aneurysm every time we say, “but this way is better.” He’d rather arm wrestle with other teams to make his process the best process than let us do something that works just as well within the current landscape. I also demo to him WAY more than the people that will actually use the product (i.e. internal teams).

  • CluckN@lemmy.world
    192·
    7 months ago

    Better than Macro-managers always blocking the door and towering over my cubicle.

  • Vent@lemm.ee
    5·
    7 months ago

    This article is actually pretty awesome! Definitely taking some notes for when my role requires management.

        • 0x0@programming.dev
          51·
          7 months ago

          I did, actually. One was a “good” manager because both my team and the customer were fully committed to agile and he (along with the tech lead/senior dev) ensured requirements were well-defined and locked by the time they reached the team; the other was good 'cos she kept all the shit from upstream management - many layers or course - from hitting the team’s fan (we noticed when she left).

          These are the exceptions.

          Let me rephrase: do management tasks require someone full-time and/or can they be diluted throughout the team? Does one need to be managed to work well?

          • sqw@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            3·
            7 months ago

            it just depends on the specifics. a manager (or management team) can theoretically offload administrative stuff in big organizations that would overwhelm everyone at the edge to distribute

            • 0x0@programming.dev
              4·
              7 months ago

              I can’t shake the feeling that administrative stuff only grows because people need to justify their jobs.