The Worst Managerial Combo: All Meetings + Hates Autonomy + Micromanager

This is the true trifecta.

I was just talking to a friend about this one.

Let’s say you have a manager at this intersection:

1. Busy all the time in meetings.

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2. Doesn’t really want you having any sense of autonomy or doing anything without his/her approval.

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3. Is, ostensibly, a micromanager.

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At that three-way intersection, which my friend currently resides in, basically you can’t do anything or…