In a performance review, my manager told we don't do micromanagent here. And later he told directly or indirectly we are observing everything. Great you just proved you have not done any micromanagent.

I heard that, too, from a boss who required twice-daily status updates (plus standup plus a weekly summary) and often changed my approach upon reading them.

@Root twice daily stand ups is psychological torture

@TeachMeCode Daily standup + 2 daily status updates + a weekly 1:1 + a weekly update. That’s 16-17 updates every week. Way too much.

@Root wtf....idealistically there would be ONE update per week and leave us the hell alone for the rest

@Root that sounds like a nightmare.

Although I have the opposite problem. I'm pretty sure I haven't actually spoken to my boss since August.

@EmberQuill I really enjoy that. I've only experienced it twice (both in game dev, surprisingly).

It allows you to build as you see fit, fix as you see fit. As long as the product improves and the company moves forward, all is well.

Managers are supposed to be there to help, but the overwhelming majority only hinder.

@Root it's nice sometimes, but sometimes I really desperately need him to be available for something, whether it's to approve an access request, back me up when I tell someone their request is stupid and I'm not doing it, or just ask us what we're working on before telling his own manager what we're supposedly working on.