A year or so ago I stumbled across an article about micromanaging managers
who got even worse with their employees working remotely during COVID lockdowns.
While these types were annoying during normal times, they kicked it up a notch over during lockdowns and were treating their employees like two-year olds who needed to be monitored 24/7.
Their demands included:
- Daily video meetings that served little or no purpose, and multiple check-ins throughout the day (with text messages being sent out from the company should the employee not respond quickly enough)
- Daily “to-do” lists being submitted to the manager, with a virtual meeting at the end of the day to account for every minute of the employee’s day and ensure all of the tasks on the list were completed.
- Video monitoring of the employee from their laptop at all times (which understandably caused privacy concerns)
Apparently these demands were even being made of employees who were highly-trusted when working in the office but were being accused of turning into lazy dopes binge-watching Netflix and shooting TikTok videos just because they were working from home instead of the office.
When I heard stories like this it made me happy to be my own boss with an online coaching business, even if the guy in my mirror can be a pain in the butt at times too.
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