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'Be more proactive': Employee told to step up their game at work, maliciously complies by micromanaging his micromanager

'Be more proactive': Employee told to step up their game at work, maliciously complies by micromanaging his micromanager

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Marketing associate cleverly doubles her micromanager's workload, taking their nitpicky demands very literally: ‘By EOD, I had sent her 17 approval requests… By EOW, it was over 100’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Don’t want me start before 8:00? Fine!': Micromanaging boss refuses to let employee clock in before 8:00 AM, employee maliciously complies to prove a point

'Don’t want me start before 8:00? Fine!': Micromanaging boss refuses to let employee clock in before 8:00 AM, employee maliciously complies to prove a point

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'He fired me 30 minutes before my shift ended': Boss makes employee do extremely tedious task before firing him, so he reorganizes every file out of order as a parting gift

Fast food employees get micromanaging shift supervisor fired by working as slowly as possible: 'We were fed up with her'

Fast food employees get micromanaging shift supervisor fired by working as slowly as possible: 'We were fed up with her'

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New restaurant manager insists on following employees around, absurd rule backfires when bartender restocks one item at a time to teach her a lesson: 'Best way to defeat a micromanager'

Micromanager demands to know where employees are at all times by forcing them to report every move on a board, they take it one step too far: ‘Needless to say the board was very short-lived’

Micromanager demands to know where employees are at all times by forcing them to report every move on a board, they take it one step too far: ‘Needless to say the board was very short-lived’

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'I’m the one in charge, so you do as I say': Micromanaging supervisor belittles secretary for years, quits after being proven wrong by them in front of boss

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Micromanager locks office supply closet to ‘save costs’ for company, employees retaliate by flooding her with emails requesting supplies: ‘Need a single paperclip? Email’

Micromanager locks office supply closet to ‘save costs’ for company, employees retaliate by flooding her with emails requesting supplies: ‘Need a single paperclip? Email’

Micromanager enforces new clocking-in rule requiring employees to send 4 selfies per day: 'It feels unnecessary and uncomfortable'

Micromanager enforces new clocking-in rule requiring employees to send four selfies per day: 'It feels unnecessary and uncomfortable'

Employees refuse to cover manager's shift after she breaks her arm, leading manager to take away future shifts from employees who refuse her demands: ‘I assume you don't need money’

Employees refuse to cover manager's shift after she breaks her arm, leading manager to take away future shifts from employees who refuse her demands: ‘I assume you don't need money’

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'I find your lack of faith disturbing': Employee uses on-screen memes to call out their micromanaging boss after discovering they're using spyware to monitor his productivity

Jesse Kessenheimer

Teacher misread the clock, causing student to rush and fail his midterm, he comes back with a vengeance on the final: 'I thought I only had 5 minutes left'

Teacher misread the clock, causing student to rush and fail his midterm, he comes back with a vengeance on the final: 'I thought I only had 5 minutes left'

‘HR was even on my side’: Penny-pinching manager sneakily docks 1 hour per day from employee's timesheet, employee reports her to HR and manager makes excuses to save face

‘HR was even on my side’: Penny-pinching manager sneakily docks 1 hour per day from employee's timesheet, employee reports her but manager makes excuses to save face

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Teacher gets back at micromanaging principal by drowning him in nonsensical paperwork until he finally quits: 'I sent him 20 page lesson plans'

Teacher gets back at micromanaging principal by drowning him in nonsensical paperwork until he finally quits: 'I sent him 20 page lesson plans'

'Give me another chance': Employee quits job due to manager's lack of training, a year later same manager asks them to come back, employee accepts the offer

'Give me another chance': Employee quits job due to manager's lack of training, a year later same manager asks them to come back, employee accepts the offer

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18-year-old working his first job at ice cream shop is fired after 20-year-old manager changes the rules about PTO when he was already on leave, gives customers free icecream: 'I gave him 4 weeks' notice that I wouldn't be here for those 3 days'

18-year-old working his first job at ice cream shop is fired after 20-year-old manager changes the rules about PTO when he was already on leave, gives customers free icecream: 'I gave him 4 weeks' notice that I wouldn't be here for those 3 days'

Landlord evicts tenant to convert his apartment into an office, tenant fires back with dozens of fines: ‘Take 1.5 month’s rent from me, lose a year’s rent!’

Landlord evicts tenant to convert his apartment into an office, tenant fires back with dozens of fines: ‘Take 1.5 month’s rent from me, lose a year’s rent!’

UPDATE: 13-year-old maliciously complies 3 times with 7th grade teacher who is the "keeper of the dress code": 'No frays on clothing allowed'

UPDATE: 13-year-old maliciously complies 3 times with 7th grade teacher who is the "keeper of the dress code": 'No frays on clothing allowed'

Entitled coworker turns entire office against an employee who cooks their meals instead of ordering lunch with everyone: ‘Some people think they’re better than us because they meal prep’

Entitled coworker turns entire office against an employee who cooks their meals instead of ordering lunch with everyone: ‘Some people think they’re better than us because they meal prep’

Mechanic quits toxic dealership for better pay, old boss tries to sue when all the customers follow him to his new job: 'Their dealer is in shambles because I left'

Mechanic quits toxic dealership for better pay, old boss tries to sue when all the customers follow him to his new job: 'Their dealer is in shambles because I left'

Company man going on 27 years on the job watched two coworkers going on 25 years get $25,000 bonuses: ‘All I got when I had 25 years was a plaque’

Company man going on 27 years on the job watched two coworkers going on 25 years get $25,000 bonuses: ‘All I got when I had 25 years was a plaque’

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