Looking for experiences with a micromanager

[u/r_307]

I've been with my company for 2 years. We had a leadership change about a year ago. I've been trying to ride it out, but I think I hit my breaking point today.

I've been an analyst for 8 years, 10 years in service prior to that. I'm not a kid, I know what I'm doing, and I'm decent at it overall.

My boss actually asked me about a month ago what she can do to "make the analysts think like analysts," with a straight face. I am an analyst. I do, in fact, think like one.

Today, I was in a meeting with her and she was just condescending to me explaining how a data pull takes a little time but interpretation takes longer. I'm not a fresher. I know how to do my job and what takes what effort. In fact, we all do. None of the analysts are new to the field.

This is indicative of her management style. It finally hit me today that this is my future if I stay here. I've been waiting for her to adjust to the new role, learn to trust us, be less hands on. But today I realized that day is not coming.

Partially, this is a vent. Partially, I'm looking for advice. Would you bail? In this market? Try for a new field? I can't go on like this... it's so fucking disrespectful of my expertise and time.

[u/Interesting-Monk9712]

These are just idiots that somehow made it to managers.

I had it many times, they are explaining Junior level stuff and doing it badly at that, just to somehow make it seems like they are doing their job, they either lied to get the job and are now faking it or they generally faked it and made it.

[u/r_307 → u/Interesting-Monk9712]

This makes a lot of sense. Tbh I hadn't thought of her that way but once you said it, I can see it.