How to deal with arrogant micromanager? I was hired 1.5 yrs ago and had a great relationship with my mngr, but he retired and a person that works 20 yrs at the comp was promoted to be my mngr. This person has tremendous amount of knowledge that he doesn’t share. He is arrogant, holds back on training and looks down at his subordinates. Makes me work harder, not smarter. Tells me I am not busy enough. Has heavy accent & gets upset if I don’t understand him. How to deal with such a “nice” boss?

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I cannot deal with a micromanager at all. They don't get better in my experience. The best thing you can do is start looking for another job.

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Ask questions to elicit information. Ask what you can help him with and let him know if you have some capacity. Ask him to mentor you. Share that you value his knowledge and tenure.

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Maybe try to also micromanage him back. After every assignment document your understanding of what the ask is and what you think the deadline is in an email and ask him to confirm or let you know if he has a different understanding.

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What is his background/nationality? Is there a cultural divide that can be bridged?

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Asia has many, vastly different countries with completely different cultures. Please be more specific.

Maybe “counseling”? Just like they have it for couples, get it for you and your superior.

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Is this your only supervisor? If not, see if you can get projects under other managers to decrease the amount of time you have to spend with the rude person

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Leave. Or try and get put on a new team. I recently quit because of a SM micromanaging me. Drove me crazy.

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I would ask your micromanager boss “as you may have seen in my past reviews, I do my work well and have never had any complaints. (Or whatever your spell is) and the day, “ you seem to have an issue with my work performance so what do I need to show you that I am busy and working to achieve my current goals as well as set new goals?” Put the ball in their court. Get their input and then work your ass off to show them your success. And keep records of your achievements. If however they tack on work that is clearly above your pay grade, I would next say “understood. And with that next level of workload, are you prepared to discuss the salary that supports that?” But be prepared to tell him. Or her. You have to be prepared. I learned later in life to know my worth and my value. And I REFUSE to work for anyone that doesn’t value me or my work. And I will quit on the spot if someone tries to micromanage me. If they do that, I hand them my keyboard and say “show me your way. I need to visually see how your way is more efficient. “ and then wait. And stare at them.

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You have to know your value. No job is worth it if you don’t know your own value. My current t job? They recruited me. I didn’t go looking for it. They offered me a range and I said, “that’s a nice salary but it is well below what I am currently you earning. Thanks but I’ll pass.” And they said “what would it take for you to consider this opportunity?” For me vacation is important so I said 3 weeks paid vacation, a cell phone stipend if no work phone provided and benefits. And my salary that I get now. They immediately replied, “we can do the stipend and the vacation. And the salary. “ I said I could start in three weeks and it was a done deal. Know your worth.

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Been there. Get out! You will just be wasting your time trying to prove your 'worth' to someone like this. You are lucky enough to know what a good manager/boss looks like. Go find one.

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Author …unfortunately, I can’t leave or look for another job as I have a small child and have a possibility to work from home 3 days a week. I would like to stick around for 4 yrs until my child starts elementary school, but it will be hard years to deal with my “nice” boss…

I am also in the similar situation the only difference is my manager doesnt know a thing even though he has been with the company for 12 years or so. But he gets very defensive and aggressive when we question him on simple process. I do go to therapy. My therapist suggested that I focus on the perks of the job than on my managers behavior. It is very difficult, trust me on a daily basis I need to like bite my tongue to get through the day. Also, I know I can do the job and I just do my best to focus on my tasks and give him updates whenever he needs it to satisfy him. I just imagine him as a toddler. You know how when they come and ask you "what are you doing" over and over again, we just tell them and not get upset. So that helped for me lol.

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