I have a manager that likes to manage by day and hence often by hour. The manager likes to know what I am working on each day and give their input on whether I should be doing that or something else. I feel this kills all of my creativity because suddenly I have to produce exact results in the exact timeframe decided by the manager. This gives me no opportunity to dive in deep as depth and quality of work depends on whether the manager sees a need for it. What are the tricks or ways to keep this manager at bay to let me work with less frequent updates and their inputs? How do I deal with this. I have never been managed on a leash before. It is demoralizing. How I stay motivated?
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Quit on that manager ASAP.
Just to expand on this, my brother called me last week to tell me how he just quit his 100k a year job on the spot. I was shocked because my brother is the most conservative person I know. When I asked him what happened he described the same situation OP is describing. He had it with his manager and was miserable. He walked into his office that day and said “I am quitting right now. I am not happy here and I don’t want to be here.” He walked out that same hour without having another job lined up. He was the happiest I have seen in a long time! Bottom line, it is important to value your health over any job. You have to take care of yourself because if you don’t who will?
Racist spoted 😎 btw micromanaging has no race.
You should put racist instead of "finesse"
The Schmuck in My Office: How to Deal Effectively with Difficult People at Work https://www.amazon.com/dp/125007567X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_MhixCb1GWVMQ1
The way your explaining it to the Blind community is that way you should explain it to your manager (professionally of course). Try to schedule a one on one, start of with saying the good points about your manager (they’re funny, kind, etc) then lead into something like “even though I feel we click in this level, I feel as if maybe you don’t trust me enough. I’m a very creative person who works the best when I can dive into my work. Of course I do realize some projects need certain amounts of focused attention, but I truly thrive best when I can do what I need to do, and update you when necessary as to not waste your time as well.” Then finish off with another good point like “i feel like I could talk to you about this because you do seem very understanding compared to prior supervisors”. Bada bing bada boom.
Sure way to get under performing rating and pip.
Sounds like OP is already in danger of that if they have a controlling boss 🙄
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