[barbazoo]

> My life is too short to put up with being treated like a slave.

> logicslave 2 minutes ago

That made me chuckle. On a serious note though, why not start by talking about it first? Why not say what you're experiencing, how it makes you feel, and see how your manager responds? Unless you work in total isolation, which few of us do, we have to get along with other people. And talking about things usually is the way to go.

[moshmosh]

That may work sometimes, but most of the time you're going to run into one of two problems, and possibly both at the same time:

1) Micromanaging is often co-morbid with other bad-boss habits. These may make attempts at "managing" your boss toward improvement unrealistic and even highly ill-advised.

2) If your boss is micromanaging you, this is a strong signal that their opinion of you is already somewhere around the Earth's core (unless they just do it to everyone, but then, see #1). Your best bet is trying to honestly evaluate why there was a mis-match so it doesn't happen again (even if the problem truly is them, not you, it's worth reflecting on what exactly about them is the problem and how to spot it early next time) and look for another opportunity. That'll be much faster & more pleasant than trying to dig out of that hole.

[barbazoo]

This is all assuming all kinds of things that may or may not be true. Until you can read people's minds, validate your assumptions by communicating with people. The same argument you made can be made the other way. Maybe it's just a matter of reporting what you did, updating tickets. Maybe your manager thinks you like the attention. Maybe maybe maybe. Just talk to each other!

[watwut]

Managers who listen and react to what they hear don't become micromanagers. If the issue is just a matter of you not updating jira, then the chance it will come across as micromanagement is quite small.

[MrLeap]

My first job out of college, I had a manager sit behind me for 8 hours a day with the ol' "move that one pixel to the left, no, 2 pixels to the right.. no back again" after I had impressed the customer with some fast results.

I coped with it for a few days before telling him I needed to talk about his management style.

He agreed, and we went out into the atrium. There, he told me I just needed to shut up and do what I was told.

I think it's important to have an intuition for why you are being micromanaged. Sometimes it's because you're missing processes and procedures, sometimes it's because you intimidate your superior.

I imagine the former should feel like it has an obvious expiration date, where you learn the CI/CD workflow or whatever.

The latter feels sinister and crazy.

[logicslave]

It almost never resolves. Ive been doing this for ten years now. People accept too much abuse from their employers, and if more just simply walked out on this behavior then we would all be better off.

[barbazoo]

I've been in the industry longer than that and I never had an issue that couldn't be at least mitigated, if not resolved through communication. Obviously it's easier to just walk out the door and that's a totally valid option. I just think it wouldn't allow me to grow in any way.

[watwut]

Your chances to completely change your managers personality and habits are nearly zero. It is hard enough to change people under you or peers.

You can change small thing via communication and fix small issues. Something like whole management style, no not really.

[PascLeRasc]

That’s a great point for everyday life, but it isn’t an option with these people. You will not be able to finish a single sentence.