Re:The rise of the pointless job
by matwood on Saturday May 05, 2018 @08:33AM
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> only to have my team-lead actively micromanage and stonewall me in order to bring my productivity down to a crawl
When leading, my default is to give people space. Unfortunately, that means if someone needs micro-managing I'm typically not the right person. This is different than mentoring, which I enjoy (not sure if I'm any good at it though ;) ). And obviously, I'm always there for questions. What I don't understand is how leads/managers have the time micromanage people. If a person can't trust their team to do a good job, then they should not be leading a team.
> but they started blaming me personally every time I pointed out any ways of improving the way we do things.
Even if it was your fault, this is wrong. All problems are the leads problems. The lead should be asking him/herself why you went around them to the manager? The manager should be asking the lead the same question.
I'm so happy I don't work in a big company anymore.
When leading, my default is to give people space. Unfortunately, that means if someone needs micro-managing I'm typically not the right person. This is different than mentoring, which I enjoy (not sure if I'm any good at it though ;) ). And obviously, I'm always there for questions. What I don't understand is how leads/managers have the time micromanage people. If a person can't trust their team to do a good job, then they should not be leading a team.
> but they started blaming me personally every time I pointed out any ways of improving the way we do things.
Even if it was your fault, this is wrong. All problems are the leads problems. The lead should be asking him/herself why you went around them to the manager? The manager should be asking the lead the same question.
I'm so happy I don't work in a big company anymore.