Please help or give me your advice.
I joined a firm 10 months ago which pays very well and above average. To put it into context the average role (outer London) pays £28k, where as I’m on £36.5k. So £8,500 above average.
There is me, my colleague (same level as me) and my manager who permanently work remote from home. Everyone else is hybrid working.
Anyway! To the point. My manage is a micro manager and it’s driving me insane. She’s checking our every move(me and my colleague), checking how many emails I’m answering, checking how many accounts I’m actioning & it’s all getting a bit much. My colleague is newer than me, and she comes down on him like a ton of bricks when he makes mistakes (albeit minor but I understand). I find when he is on annual leave, I get the brunt of her micro managing. I work 9-5, I logged in early today (8am) as it’s the school holidays as i wanted to get ahead for the day and make up for any interruptions (my son was home with me today, he is in year 6), yet I got bombarded with 11 calls throughout the day to ask me pointless questions. I feel it was to check on me. I’ve told her previously (in a nice way) to stop calling all the time as it interrupts the flow of things, and she promised she would stop it. She hasn’t. Today was the worst because my collegiate was off so it seems the emphasis was on me. She called me at 1.45 PM today to ask me what I was doing, and that I was taking ages to compete a task? I explained to her I had not long came back from lunch, as to which she replied “well you haven’t sent an email since 11am”, I explained I had been doing other things and how would she know what I’m doing? She told me she does a check on how many tasks I’ve done at 11am, followed by another check. I instantly said “micro management” and she flipped! She said how I must be away from my laptop all the time etcetc. I explained that was not true. Anyway, what on earth can I do about this ? She has pushed so many people out of this job, I think I’m the fourth person to do it since she became manager over a two year period , and she’s already told me it’s unlikely my colleague will pass his probation. I’m so fed up! But like the money. When either me or my colleague make an error, or I tell her I’ve got too much work, or I keep logging in 30 mins to an hour early to keep on top of my work load her response is “well your paid well so get on with it. I’m busy too”. Honestly, she does nothing but check on my and my colleague. She cannot be doing much herself surely calling me 11 times between 9-5? Should I confide in her manager?