Comments on: Micro managers

By: TaffJ

TaffJ — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:16:33 +0000

Stressedoutcop, I think there is a word for a female knob but it is a very, very bad word

By: Blue Eyes

Blue Eyes — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:31:53 +0000

My boss is exactly like this. He believes that he must be seen to be bustling at all times. I don’t know what he thinks might happen if he stops bustling and lets his minions get on with the job in hand. There are two main problems: one is that he appears not to trust any of us and the other is that he is a bully.who will not accept any other “way” than “his way”. Bullies are generally hiding a lack of confidence and I suspect that Wombat feels constantly and hopelessly out of her depth.

By: Tony F

Tony F — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:38:33 +0000

In the last company I worked for, I had a ‘wombat’ type ‘manager’ He was universally hated by the engineers and customers alike. In fact, it was his lack of letting things alone, cost that company a number of big contracts. I now work for the company that has them! Happy customers too!

By: Civ_In_The_City

Civ_In_The_City — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:13:59 +0000

I`ve got an aggressive micro-manager. Not only does he vigorously defend his ‘patch’, he is also in the habit of trying to hoover up work from other areas.

He`s very enthusiastic but is also obsessed with knowing every up to the minute detail of what the team is working on. God forbid another manager finds out first.

Sadly his goldfish sized memory means he`ll be back around in 30 minutes for a refresher.

Amazingly he has near perfect recall when he needs to impress in meetings, dropping in just enough buzz-words to pull the wool.

It`s an art form in a way.

By: Zac Smith

Zac Smith — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:40:17 +0000

Got to agree with Hogday here. Why isn’t someone senior taking her aside? As an enthusiastic young officer in the Army I would be regularly taken aside by a Sergeant/CSM and “given words of advice”. It wasn’t unknown for officers who failed to heed those words of advice to be given a smack, which sure beat the alternative of being dropped in it when it really mattered.

200 – is that not something expected of the old and bold?

By: Stressedoutcop

Stressedoutcop — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:38:09 +0000

Can a female be a knob?? There must be a female equivalent !!

By: Pc A Hunn

Pc A Hunn — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:33:52 +0000

Sounds like my old Sgt. I came out of CID back to uniform to be presented with a Sgt with 4 years in and a gob like the Watford Gap. After several arguments about her patronising me I just chose to ignore her which drove her up the wall. Luckily my work record and popularity with the other supervision stood me in good stead when she tried to do my legs. I was not her only victim and I pointed it out to the Guv.

A 6 month spell as custody skipper taught her to wind her neck in as micro managing a micro environment had her nearly bald with stress.

This sort of idiot is clearly over compensating for their lack of experience. Give her enough rope and she’ll soon hang herself.

By: MTG

MTG — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:03:28 +0000

You must expect newly promoted and conscientious managers to ‘get in the way’. It’s only a problem when teething troubles fail to resolve themselves.

By: Hogday

Hogday — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:22:35 +0000

Behind every `Wombat` is a supervisor, further up the chain, who is not doing their job and sorting out her worst excesses. I may be mistaken, but I thought “Wombat” was the trade name of one of those `femine deodourants` advertised in the early `70’s?

By: Andy W

Andy W — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:52:26 +0000

In Paul’s second paragraph he very accurately describes the favoured ‘management’ style of ACPO officers throughout the country since 2nd May 1997. Sergeant Knob looks to me to be destined for rapid ascension to those hallowed ranks.