#micromanagement

Office politics are so much worse when you have to navigate them in person. From micromanaging to bullying to being put in the middle of arguments... It drains people in a way that's much, much worse than just hearing about it or dealing with it from a distance. I'd take a pay cut to avoid it.

A toxic workplace is when you're always scared of a pay cut or getting let go. It's when your manager won't stop hovering over every little thing you do. And it's when management rewards the people who tattle on coworkers for the tiniest mistakes. Sounds familiar?

Anybody else being given more meaningless "busy" work by their manager when you already have more than enough work of your own and are actually busy tying to get it done? Can there be any other point to this other than intentionally trying to make me look incompetent?

Haven't been here for awhile and looking at the postings I am shocked that people are putting up with this mess.

Managers/Directors openly disrespecting staff, threatening them in front of witnesses, making up jobs/roles but not compensating them appropriately, scolding them for not asking about pronouns to members who likely are clueless or will loose their mind at the question, insane micromanagement. and people are just putting up with it.

My Goodness!!! Use your power and the power of the policies posted in Workday for this and start calling it out. Being afraid of being Rifed is turning people into doormats. Stand up for yourself!!!

The digital witch convert TS, the human first departament in a fu-k.. jungle , micromanagement everywhere, failed projects and remember stock $$ is not because of you !
Silent rifs are on going...

Don’t expect engagement, cooperation, creativity. You won’t get it because you don’t believe in it. You believe in hierarchy of mediocre yes-people, micromanagement and fear tactics.

You spend more time managing personalities and approval chains here than actually doing your job. Leadership still operates like it is twenty years ago, with constant micromanaging and politics attached to every tiny decision. Why does every simple task have to turn into exercises in control?

https://www.salesforceben.com/the-midlife-crisis-of-the-salesforce-professional/

Layoffs even in AF, smaller territories, higher targets, no raises, greater levels of micromanagement, offshoring....leading many to question is the hard pivot to AI really worth it it just leave the ecosystem? Or even leave the entire tech industry as misery increases for everyone.

Is anyone else struggling with the new leaders in MD Live? It’s toxic and micro management and like I’m not allowed to have an opinion. I’m ready to leave but wish I would be packaged out and offered severance. I tried to bring it up as an option and was dismissed which seems like the current mentality in this area. Anyone else? Or anyone with suggestions? Does anyone know if there will be layoffs?

Mine is the ultimate micromanager, always hovering, always clueless. They prove every day they don't understand our work. But promote someone from the team? Heaven forbid.

https://old.reddit.com/r/BPOinPH/comments/1ojffsi/life_in_wells_fargo/

Translated:
""I posted here already like a year ago asking for suggestions on which company to choose.

Well, I chose WF only because of the salary and it's fairly convenient since I’m just one shuttle ride away. I didn’t expect the situation here to be like this. The micromanagement is intense. At first, I was only getting sick once a month, but now it’s every week because of the stress. I really thought I could handle it, but my body says otherwise.

Honestly, it feels like my salary didn’t even increase because I’m absent so much. (It’s unpaid now because I’m always sick). I’ll just force myself to endure it until next year, and then I’m going to resign. :((

My LOB (Line of Business) is EDB. 😭"

I've worked in plenty of healthcare companies, all ugly and rotten. But this place is next level. You'd think someone would figure out that this much stress, micromanagement, and tearing people down doesn't actually improve performance.

My manager is still constantly breathing down my neck all the time. If I need to be under constant pressure and control, maybe I'm not exactly fit to train that wretched, hallucinating AI.

It’s Sunday and just a reminder you don’t have to live in fear, deal with RTO, the obsessive micromanagement, the constant nitpicking of everything, the extreme cheapness and duplicity.

Use whatever resources are available for training and development and channel those to an external opportunity.

I did it and I’m better for it. This place will survive without you. Or it won’t. Who cares. That’s someone else’s problem. Not yours.

Put yourself first, get up, and walk out that place, and never look back.

Anything new for upcoming layoffs? And what areas? Volume is down, people are being pulled to other areas to work and everyone is being micromanaged. What’s going on. It’s stressful enough here.

Been at DXC UK a couple of years and just started on my second account. Thought the first one was bad enough but this one I started on recently is unbelievable. I started off with 2 managers. We then raised the issue of not enough technical staff to then receive 2 more managers. So instead of addressing our concerns, we are now being micro-managed by utter incompetent non-producers who fill our day with continuous ‘stand ups’, ‘wash ups’ and data requests for their pointless spreadsheets. How these buffoons feel they are ‘adding value’ is beyond me. Anyone else in this boat?

I’m finally done, and I need to put this out there for anyone still grinding in the Greater Boston market. The culture here has become a total train wreck, and it is absolutely tanking people’s mental health.

The upper management on the landline side is a disaster. There is a senior leader who refuses to actually lead; instead, this person acts like a glorified first-liner. They are out there in a company car—the only one at that level who even has one—driving around for the sole purpose of harassing and micromanaging everyone in the field. It’s not about the work anymore; it’s about power trips and surveillance.

The middle management working in that chain are an even bigger joke. They’ve leaned entirely into a toxic style that makes the day-to-day miserable. There is zero respect for the craft and even less for the people.

Literally everyone I work with is updating their resume and looking for a way out. Nobody wants to deal with this garbage anymore. If you’re looking at a req for this area, do yourself a favor and run the other way. No paycheck is worth the mental toll this place takes.

To those still in the trenches: keep your heads up and keep applying elsewhere. There’s life after Big Red.

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What in the absolute feck. We're not even allowed to pick our own desktop backgrounds anymore? Talk about micromanaging...

Is favoritism a common thing in your department? Manager overlooks/makes exception for a certain employee but either micromanages or ignores the rest of the team.

I recently resigned because my lit job started to feel like I was at Allstate or Geico. Upper management micromanaging has reared their ugly head and begun making life miserable. I wonder how much worse it will get

Anyone under a ton of micromanaging
/scrutiny for low completion efficiencies beyond your control?

Excessive discipline, control, micromanagement. They point to a business that's run out of real substance and strategic direction. From where I'm sitting, the whole thing is coming apart.

I’m legitimately curious why the pendulum has swung so far to one side. Pre-covid we had balance and trust, and now we have neither. Instead of going back to balance they’ve swung to micromanagement and rigidity. What actually is fueling the need for such strict expectations and absurd tracking measures? They say they care about morale but then micromanage us like we are children.

And as an aside, we all know the timing of the latest TTUS survey just before this announcement was strategic in every way. Get those numbers up before they plummet again!

To every employee that endured the toxic work culture at Schwab, circular, unproductive meetings, meaningless tasks, redlined deliverables, Director micromanagement, bullying, and overall low morale, where others take credit for your work and perpetrators inconsistently meet the actual workers expectations I encourage you to walk away, stay clear of this organization and file complaints with the EEOC! Did you know Schwab has ppt. Slides tracking claims against the organization and Hostile Work Environment tops their list.

Was informed we need to be telling management what 3 days we are going to be in office each week. If we need to change a day we need to be letting management know. This feels beyond the rto requirements. If we are hitting our 11 days a month why does it matter what days we are in office. The micro management is at a all time high. Is this happening across the board or am I just lucky?

They will loose too many employees by forcing time back in the office. Employees have to many advantages by working from home. Less time on the road, less money spent on gas, clothes, food, less wear on vehicle, etc. They can have repairs, deliveries, etc, taken care of without taking time off. They have their own private bathroom and can make lunch at home. There is absolutely no benefit to the employees for being in office. Neither is it a benefit for the employer. Just a micromanagement tool disquised by colorful language like "collaboration" bs.

After 15 years of time at State Farm, 3 CEOs, COVID, work from home, hybrid, and whatever comes next - I can safely say that this company is absolutely sc--wed. I dunno who in the chain: Farney, some random VP, or that consulting firm they hired last year thought it was a good idea to push us back to office more frequently - but at least be honest when you give us the reason. It’s micromanagement. Pure and simple. Don’t tell us it’s ‘collaboration’ because if that was truly the case they’d open operation centers again and push the former ops center employees into office.

I thought when Tipsord retired, we could go back to what we had under Ed Rust Jr. A State Farm where you were treated well, trained better, and could build a future towards a good retirement. Boy - did that not happen.

Farney has made it clear he portrays one heck of a down to earth boss but the truth is closer to a Hallmark movie villain. June 1 (in the middle of summer) parents and grandparents have to find people to watch their kids. And the company’s response ‘we got you a totally sweet discount - go check out this page in the intranet’. On top of that let’s talk about the costs of coming into the office. Virtual employees don’t pay for gas, don’t have to pay to go to work, don’t have to waste time commuting - but sc--w the rest of us. Worst career decision I ever made was leaving the ops center for a HUB for opportunity that never happened.

I genuinely hope Progressive pulls away, Geico passes us, and honestly Allstate (because they do 100% virtual). Maybe Bloomington will pull their head from the advertising backside and listen to employees again. Knowing this regime they’d pay a consulting firm who hires Arnold Schwarzenegger (at our expense) to tell them to be a good NAY-BUH to tell them we don’t like it - only to make us come in more.

Nothing ki-ls motivation faster than knowing your every move is being scrutinized. I'm spending more time documenting what I'm doing than actually doing it. I've noticed that many folks have started checking boxes instead of solving problems which ensures few things actually get done. What's with the sudden pivot to micromanaging? Or is this my area only?

The prior post was just about that town hall. The issues in this team go way beyond a useless town hall. Share your stories of bullying and dysfunction. We just lost the best engineering guy the company had. The story we heard was he got sick of the micromanagement and cost-cutting by leadership. Pulled his parachute. Vendors run us over and we can't do anything we need to. Thanks Mr. Reed for nothing.

Saw it and thought oh what’s this. Yay so excited for further micromanagement

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Voluntary/targeted severance.

The old guard is ready to leave and just cashing checks at this point.

MGRs are disengaged over the ridiculous demands, broken equipment, increased micromanaging, and 25% individual store bonus multiplier...getting worse daily.

Sycamore would be wise to move quickly on this.

None of them understood the team's actual strengths and weaknesses. All of them resisted using people in the roles that made sense. And every single one was a passive-aggressive micromanager, always interrupting, never actually contributing. At this point I'm convinced it's not them. It's the whole damn place.

Updates coming to ways of working. They'll have us all in the office more in hopes the gas prices, commute, and micromanaging makes people quit. Theyve basically said as much to members of leadership.

I left the micromanaging gaslighter at Walgreens who policed my face and now I make more money and sleep better.

I've noticed a significant shift lately. There's a huge focus on tracking work instead of doing it. We spend hours building decks to show productivity while actual tasks sit waiting. Meanwhile, there's a push to reduce small benefits that made the place at least tolerable. Sadly, the people who suffer most are the newer hires. They're thrown into projects without any real guidance because the seasoned leaders are too buried in administrative work to mentor anyone. It's a frustrating way to run things.

I was one of those laid off last year. After years of declining mental health due to RTO, micromanaging, and “doing more with less,” I was freed. Getting that morning 1:1 was terrible. But almost immediately, I felt relief. Every day since, I have continued to feel overwhelming relief.

I don’t make as much money as I used to. I’m taking a break before I move into another corporate gig, if I ever do at all. I’m working for a small company now. One that really does feel like family, and does really care. But I chose a job that I’m passionate about, and I don’t even care about the pay cut for now. I kept my cost of living low and everything else fell into place.

I am so grateful to never have to sit through another hour-long slog of lies about how we’re becoming more efficient through some indeterminate means, or how AI is going to save us, or how we do totally care about our coworkers and clients. Sixty minutes of nothing, every time. I don’t think I could have written a single bullet of content gleaned from those Town Halls if I tried. It would have been less offensive if they just told me they loathed me.

I keep checking in on these threads. My heart breaks for those who haven’t been released. They are putting you through psychological torture. They know what they’re doing. You are livestock to them. I’m so sorry. My thoughts are with those who remain. Polish up those resumes, and I truly wish you all the best. An ISP with a fat severance is probably the happiest ending you can hope for at this point.

Capital One is frequently described in employee reviews as having a high-pressure, "toxic" environment characterized by intense micromanagement, strict metrics, and a "hire-to-fire" culture, particularly in customer service and tech roles.

I hate this company. Micro managing is becoming intolerable

Luckily I have 3 years savings so can walk out and likely will

New manager won't get off my back. I'm good at what I do, yet I'm constantly interrupted and second-guessed. They're relentless, especially with me. No clue if this is just bad management or if I'm being set up for cuts. As if I don't have enough stress already.