Croma

Hi, I recently joined new product based company. My whole team is a new joinee and TL is doing macro managment and another senior guys act as TL and take decision. What should I do. Please suggest.

I recently joined a organisation 3 months back as an APM and I am not liking the culture of the company. From growth perspective the company is good but some things that disturb the mental stability. The micromanagement of the company. Strict wfo 5 days 9 hours shift. No flexibility at all. Every month review with a ppt justifying your work. Work pressure is alot. 9hrs is getting 10 hours usually. I am not sure what should I do🥲

So My Team has two leads mapped due to some personal favours from Manager as they are comfortable here. In my team everyone has its own deliverables doesn't matter if he's an associate or team lead. Few days back they tried reaching out to everyone for bandwidth. Everyone denied due to limited bandwidth . So they dropped an email copying manager that we'll have to give hourly updates to them everyday and they will also review our deliverables signoff. This really sucks. If any higher level folk is reading this , could you please guide us on how can we deal with this situation. As now they will escalate there work on our head.

Micromanager bosses are like overly attached parents who decide your diet, tell you what to eat and when and also give you instructions on how to chew. But it also has its BIG wins: - You will never be alone. You’ll never feel lonely. Your micromanager will be your constant shadow. Going to the meeting - he will be there. Writing an email, he will be in cc. Going the restroom - he is behind you. Having a date - he will stay on the call. Getting cozy with someone - He is right there.. in between you and ahem ahem. Thinking what to do next - He will be there in your thoughts, even before the thought of "I think" hit you. - No more decision making. Who needs to make decisions when every choice is made for you? Whether it’s the font size on your presentation, angle of your desk chair, your hair color, your last name, your baby's name, your heart rate, your BP, your death time - your micromanager’s got it covered. - You get free cardiovascular workout (Dhuk Dhuk.. lubdub lubdub.. you get the hint) - You will be one of those few who will experience the joy of meetings about meetings for those meetings that were not required - You will be trained to live in real-time surveillance conditions, where all your activity and movements is monitored and what you say is captured - you could be a contestant tomorrow on BIG BOSS OTT if you like - You would be the elite few who will get to experience New, follow-up emails, reminders, and gentle nudges tags on an email all within 5 minutes of each other - By the time you leave, you’ll have a black belt in stress management - By the time you leave, you would have lost weight - You will see increased commitment to work: You will sleep less, You will turn up to office on time, will work more and for extended hours - You'll save money - no weekends = no social activities and outings - With constant micromanagement, you’ll soon wonder "who are you" "why are you" "why are we" "why is everything" - first step of higher level consciousness

I recently started a new job. I would like to share some of the experiences I have had with my manager. I am wondering if these are red flags or if I am maybe being paranoid or thinking too much. It was quite difficult for me to get into this company and this job. The company is quite great and I was quite excited but some of the experiences I have had with my immediate manager have made me a bit apprehensive. I would like to share them and hear opinions about it. Here are some things which have happened which I have not liked so far - 1. I speak to a Senior Engineer one day and next day my manager asks me if anyone asked me to speak to him. 2. I shared an insight about a new tool which we can use on a deployment pipeline on the overall pod (under my skip manager). My manager immediately called me and started asking my status update and replied 'Discussing 1-1' in the group to prevent anyone getting visibility of the idea. 3. My manager pings me whenever I go offline and recently he asked me in a passive aggressive way, 'Please monitor your Teams status. It was away for most of today.' I now feel kind of paranoid to never get up as I feel my Teams status is being monitored.

I have been talking to a few companies, across different size bands. Only Indian startups seem to obsessed with full week WFO/Micromanagement. A few years back, startups were known for being more flexible, now it just seems to be the reverse.

Just spoke to of my friend who works at India’s largest MSME startup where they feel negativity more now than before doing lay offs. Is this the case with other startups who did layoff?

The one who - Keeps nagging with status updates - Pushes you to achieve a goal which is merely quantitative & not qualitative - Appreciates employees that show ‘first-benchers’ trait - Junks your ideas to satisfy his own ego - Pretends busy all the time Comment your experience dealing with such Managers.