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I don't believe that spreading rumors can magically transform a micromanaging boss. What it can do is keep them occupied, just as any other form of employee mic
by praptak 10y ago
I don't believe that spreading rumors can magically transform a micromanaging boss. What it can do is keep them occupied, just as any other form of employee micro-sabotage. It also makes the workplace generally crappier.
- intended 10y agoThis stuff is so deeply frightening, to someone like me. I am color blind to a vast range of interpersonal interactions, the fact that people have a vocabulary/taxonomy of interactions which includes or can generate - "micro sabotage"... hints at a world too exhausting to imagine
- arethuza 10y agoHave a read of this: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-o... You probably won't thank me if you do read it - it changes the way you evaluate people...
- intended 10y agoHaha, I've read it, and It's great fun.
- Bartweiss 10y agoFor whatever it's worth, the amount of this in different workplaces seems to vary from "virtually none" to "run away screaming". At the best places, I assume this happens a bit, but it's pretty easy to ignore it completely and still do well by being a good employee. At the worst places, it's apparent even to someone unaware that something is up, because people will make comments that are totally nonsensical unless you're neck-deep in the politicking. It also shows when smart people make obviously awful decisions - they're probably getting something out of it other than the good of the company.
- intended 10y agoThanks. I've thought about what you said, and I hope its largely true. It feels like something which would be true, but feelings arent evidence, so I am taking it as a source of hope.