Example Sentences

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Lots of people have worked for micromanagers at one point or another, but this boss took lack of trust to a new and deeply paranoid level:

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2018

And how can you establish serious cultural value while still serving the corporate micromanagers at Disney — owners of Marvel since 2009?

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2018

In “Office Space,” it was the micromanagers who turned a central aspiration of the American dream — white-collar work — into a fluorescent-lit nightmare.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2017

And, although this makes sense to a certain degree, we’re curious if there are really that many bad managers on the loose—the egomaniacs, the narcissists, the micromanagers, the yellers, and the list could go on.

From Forbes • Sep. 11, 2014

"I feel that I can express myself better nowadays, be more myself," Hamilton declares of his emancipation from those micromanagers at McLaren.

From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2013