{"id":861,"date":"2007-10-25T16:13:04","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T21:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=861"},"modified":"2007-10-25T16:13:04","modified_gmt":"2007-10-25T21:13:04","slug":"micromanagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=861","title":{"rendered":"micromanagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would like it noted here that it is remarkably frustrating to witness someone being micromanaged. I might be able to understand it if an employee were inept, incompetent, or in training, but otherwise there is absolutely no excuse for it. Either trust your good employees to do their work correctly (with you checking in periodically for status reports to make sure there aren&#8217;t any hiccups) or DO IT YOURSELF.<\/p>\n<p>I chafe under such conditions and would resort either to passive-aggressive behavior on my own part of just ignoring the instructions that were pointless or to extreme, obvious, and job-endangering sarcasm.<\/p>\n<p>(N.B.: This has nothing to do with my own employment, as Suzanne is a lovely boss.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would like it noted here that it is remarkably frustrating to witness someone being micromanaged. I might be able to understand it if an employee were inept, incompetent, or in training, but otherwise there is absolutely no excuse for it. 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