About 10 years ago I briefly worked somewhere with insane micro management.
On my first day I spent most of the morning in mandatory induction. Was taken to my team around 11:30 and got told I was already very behind on the days work and would need to stay late.
All emails had to be addressed 'Dear X' and signed off with 'kind regards'. Even really casual ones from people in other teams who were allowed to say things like 'hi" and 'cheers' in their emails.
We weren't allowed to use our names, only initials. This was for absolutely everything - on my first day I took a message for my boss and left a post it saying 'hi 'name' - bob from accounts rang and asked if you could call him back today. Thanks, Demelza'. She gave me a public dressing down for wasting work time writing her (3 letters long) name and writing my own name instead of using our initials.
Someone else already had the initials 'DR" so I had to use 'DRo' to distinguish myself from the other person, including when emailing customers etc. I kept forgetting, typing 'Demelza' automatically and then spending time deleting it to replace with 'DRo'. To this day, I hate seeing people sign off with just an initial - takes me right back.
We weren't allowed to eat at our desks and had to ask permission to leave our desks. We also weren't allowed to go for lunch on our own. I asked to go to lunch at 12 on my first day. Was told 'no' as no-one else wanted lunch then. I said I had to eat as my meds were due and had to be taken with food. Still no. Asked if I could leave my desk for 5 mins to have a snack and take meds. No. They wouldn't let me take lunch until nearly half 2 so my meds were well off schedule. That's the point I should have walked.
I was told not to wear my wrist splints in the office as they looked 'unprofessional' - I was told if I'd worn them at interview I wouldn't have been hired.
I had to do drinks runs (we were only allowed drinks purchased on site from lidded cups and also couldn't get them as and when, we had to wait for everyone else to want a drink'. Everyone ordered two drinks at a time - water plus various teas, coffees etc. Some decaff, some with milk, some with sugar. I wrote down the order as there were about 8 of us. Was told not to 'boss doesn't like people writing it down, she wants people to remember'.
I was also told off for penciling initials on the (disposable) cups so I'd know which black coffee was decaff, which had sugar, etc. Again, boss 'doesn't like that'.
I asked for help carrying the 14 drinks up 4 flights of stairs as I'm disabled, wobbly on my feet and had wrist splints for a reason and would struggle. Refused.
I had a panic attack on the morning of day 2. A worse one on the morning of day 3. I quit on day 4. Wish I'd walked out on day 1.
It's honestly the worst place I've ever worked.