How to deal with micromanaging boss professionally?
I've been working at a software development company for the last year and a half, and during my time there, I've contributed to multiple product releases with little to no delays and generally with a high level of quality.
Lately however, (over the last six months or so) my boss has been pointing out things that he sees are things I can improve on.
These are things like:
- Pointing out a single typo on internal technical documentation
- Pointing out a misspoken number (1.5 versus 1.1) when giving a status update to the team)
- Requesting that I notify them before buying tickets for a vacation (in this particular case, I had purchased airline tickets six months prior to the actual vacation request)
- Pointing out whenever I say "No" in response to a technical request
- Pointing out I took a lunch break when there was a production issue occurring.
I'd like to think that this is nothing personal, and maybe perhaps just due to his style of management but I'm feeling pretty frustrated. I don't feel like he explicitly trusts me to perform my job for some reason and I feel like he's starting to micromanage me out.
Is there a way to bring this up to my boss professionally?
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I've been working at a software development company for the last year and a half, and during my time there, I've contributed to multiple product releases with little to no delays and generally with a high level of quality.
Lately however, (over the last six months or so) my boss has been pointing out things that he sees are things I can improve on.
These are things like:
- Pointing out a single typo on internal technical documentation
- Pointing out a misspoken number (1.5 versus 1.1) when giving a status update to the team)
- Requesting that I notify them before buying tickets for a vacation (in this particular case, I had purchased airline tickets six months prior to the actual vacation request)
- Pointing out whenever I say "No" in response to a technical request
- Pointing out I took a lunch break when there was a production issue occurring.
I'd like to think that this is nothing personal, and maybe perhaps just due to his style of management but I'm feeling pretty frustrated. I don't feel like he explicitly trusts me to perform my job for some reason and I feel like he's starting to micromanage me out.
Is there a way to bring this up to my boss professionally?
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I've been working at a software development company for the last year and a half, and during my time there, I've contributed to multiple product releases with little to no delays and generally with a high level of quality.
Lately however, (over the last six months or so) my boss has been pointing out things that he sees are things I can improve on.
These are things like:
- Pointing out a single typo on internal technical documentation
- Pointing out a misspoken number (1.5 versus 1.1) when giving a status update to the team)
- Requesting that I notify them before buying tickets for a vacation (in this particular case, I had purchased airline tickets six months prior to the actual vacation request)
- Pointing out whenever I say "No" in response to a technical request
- Pointing out I took a lunch break when there was a production issue occurring.
I'd like to think that this is nothing personal, and maybe perhaps just due to his style of management but I'm feeling pretty frustrated. I don't feel like he explicitly trusts me to perform my job for some reason and I feel like he's starting to micromanage me out.
Is there a way to bring this up to my boss professionally?
professionalism management manager micro-management
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I've been working at a software development company for the last year and a half, and during my time there, I've contributed to multiple product releases with little to no delays and generally with a high level of quality.
Lately however, (over the last six months or so) my boss has been pointing out things that he sees are things I can improve on.
These are things like:
- Pointing out a single typo on internal technical documentation
- Pointing out a misspoken number (1.5 versus 1.1) when giving a status update to the team)
- Requesting that I notify them before buying tickets for a vacation (in this particular case, I had purchased airline tickets six months prior to the actual vacation request)
- Pointing out whenever I say "No" in response to a technical request
- Pointing out I took a lunch break when there was a production issue occurring.
I'd like to think that this is nothing personal, and maybe perhaps just due to his style of management but I'm feeling pretty frustrated. I don't feel like he explicitly trusts me to perform my job for some reason and I feel like he's starting to micromanage me out.
Is there a way to bring this up to my boss professionally?
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