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Nah, that's definitely obnoxious. But it's probably less malicious and more them being clueless. I had a manager like this, turns out they were just really awkward and had very poor managerial skills (they no longer work in this industry).
Give a polite, bare minimum response and do your best to not let it get it to you. Bring up on their 360 that they, at times, can be a little micromanage-y.
Account saying “we did some brainstorming on our own and here are some bonus ideas” during a creative review meeting, then refusing to hear any builds/concerns that the creative team raises about those ideas
Generalized passive aggressive comments in meetings regarding behaviors they want to see changed
Expecting technology or process to fix a human problem. Pick up the phone; walk to someone's desk; talk like a human being. We're not automatons.
Asking me to submit time sheets
Do I look like I’m just sitting on my 🍑 all day
Finance pinging me in Teams to approve an invoice as soon as it’s put in the system (typically before the system even triggers an email to me). I have never let an invoice approval slip through, nor do I need to be stopping what I’m doing at the moment to address an approval. It’s not urgent. 🫠 I’ll get to it in order of my day’s priorities.
That sounds like Finance for sure!
Your response: “To have you stop asking ‘what are my to-do’s’ EVERY DAY.”
My favourite was my manager messaging me every morning with a generic social question just so he could give me a bullet point list of deliverables. Like don't waste my time pretending you care about anything other than being a turd.
No. Run.
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Next time tell him "toodle oo!"