To think he’s going to be a micromanager?

[Marlborocrystal]

I’m close to walking out on my job, it’s horrible. High pressure, people demanding I turned things around urgently the same day I receive it - almost daily now.

Someone new has joined an he will eventually be my manager but currently I still have Manager A (I’ll call him Manager B).

I’ve already started noticing he might be a micromanager after just 7 days. Manager A allows me to decide how I run my day. She sent me an email (after working hours) to amend some work I’d done, Manager B immediately followed it up by telling me to prioritise this - again after hours.

If emails are sent in the morning by my stakeholders, he’s emailing me telling me to reply to them. Obviously I will reply but my work load is extremely high, I cannot guarantee I will respond immediately.

He’s also told me to speak more confidently - which I didn’t like.

Am I being unfair? I get being new and wanting to make an impact and maybe wanting to impress Manager A (who is also his manger) but it’s adding so much more stress to my working day. And this management style has just been landed on me.

I'd email him back, copying in Manager A saying, 'Hi John, I'm concerned that you felt the need to email me to tell me to reply to stakeholders. Obviously I've been in this job for some time and am aware of the requirements and the pressures. Unless you have actual concerns about how I'm handling my role I'd ask you not to add to the stress with unnecessary emails. Thanks'.

But in your place I'd be looking for another job. It sounds hideous and badly managed.

It’s the worst!

I had someone send me an email at 6pm on Friday and they chased me up on Monday at 8:30am … like sorry no I didn’t action anything outside of my contracted hours😩.

I think you have to speak to him and let him know his emails are coming across as an unfair criticism. Keep a log, and if necessary escalate to the more senior manager. Ask him to document his concerns with your practice that his emails are addressing.

You're right that this is probably an inexperienced and anxious manager trying to justify their role.

Micromanaging is unbearable and you can push back. It's harassment.

Keep all the emails, ideally in a separate file. When the s.. hits the fan you are covered. Only log on to your work computer during your contracted hours. Not even a minute early and log off exactly when your hours finish. In my experience these people always push to the very limit to make themselves look good.

Noooo don't send this!! "Respond don't react" is the mantra I try to live by when dealing with people like this.

Firstly don't reply to any emails out of hours. If he was copied into the original email from manager A I would reply all and address manager A saying "thank you I will make the amendments". I would politely ignore his contribution to the email thread.

In response to his emails about replying to stake holders I would just BC him into the response when you get time to reply.