stackyFACTSMicromanagement is the delicate art of slowing down progress by physically hovering over the person doing the actual labor. Managers terrified of losing control demand constant, unnecessary updates, utterly destroying the worker's autonomy and dramatically increasing the time it takes to finish a basic task.
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