'My job is making [employees] track what they're doing every 6 minutes': 20+ Micromanagers whose nitpicking tactics backfired instantly

Although we all put it on our resume, most of us don't work very well under pressure. We may brag about our ability to procrastinate for higher productivity or our ability to get along with pushy management, but truthfully, nobody likes being forced to do something–especially if you have a moronic micromanager garnishing your every move to the point of scrutiny.

To a nitpicking micromanager, the job is never done and it is certainly never done correctly. For most employees, this kind of demoralizing inability to delegate causes a bit of a stink in any workplace. If employees are stuck trying to appease a micromanager, things might backfire in the productivity department.

Scroll onward for some malicious compliance, workplace pettiness, and general tomfoolery that occurred when 20+ micromanagers nitpicked a little too hard, causing employees to dig in their heels and do exactly as they're told to the point of nonsensical nausea. After this, here's another tale of workplace insanity where a prospective employee gets dragged along for 7 interviews before finding out the company's offer was $70,000 under his salary range.

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Jesse Kessenheimer

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