Is My Work From Home Job Micro Managing?

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I work at a technical support call center but it's specialized because it's a combination between technical support and biomedical equipment so it you have to have medical knowledge and some IT knowledge and some engineering knowledge.
I have have had the job a few months and I hate it partly because of micromanagement which is probably inherent to working in call centers.
But I thought to myself well at least if I have to work at other places sparingly here and there I can do that and that will be a pretty cool feature of this job well recently they just published information that if we want to work away from home it should be for a maximum of 2 weeks and we have to request permission in advance and it will be provided on a case-by-case basis depending on how good our metrics have been in the past.

Is that micromanagement to the extreme??

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rfatoday · 61-69, M

I consider that an upper-management operational preference, rather than micromanagement. The rationale behind that might be open for discussion and perhaps being on-site or remote has little bearing on your ability to do your job. But it's how they want to run the place.

Micromanagement to me is a manage giving me a task and rather than letting me run with it and deliver, is constantly wanting updates, looking over my shoulder, etc.

I spent 40 years in high-tech. Much of the latter half was working remotely (from home). The only rule was I had to come in very 2 weeks for planning meetings. Some issues and software test challenges required on-site. But my bosses were "Here's task, go do it, talk to me when you're done". Aside from Agile Scrum project management "daily standup meetings".

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

Business is trying to shrink it's expenses.

In their heads, if everyone is in the room they can measure the productivity vs expense to the company.

black4white · 56-60, M

Work from home is NOT the same as remote

Convivial · 26-30, F

Nope...

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@Convivial You don't think that being told that you must work from your personal home is micromanagement?
As long as we can provide a quiet environment with good internet why does it matter?

Convivial · 26-30, F

@REMsleep your original post does not mention " you have to work from home" ...I took your post to mean that you "could" work from home, which is a bonus to you

Royricky09

Not at all

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