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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/JadePrincess24 on 2025-05-28 20:26:42+00:00.
When I worked in the non-profit sector (director of a homeless shelter), they paid me salary. BUT they expected me to log everything I did throughout the day. I did this for the first couple of weeks of my job - vague stuff every hour or so. It would be things such as "client intake" or "meeting with volunteers." An hourly log is reasonable.
The micromanaging board member who was in charge of "overseeing" my work (keep in mind, they hired me to be the executive director... so they needed to trust me to know what the hell I was doing lol) decided they wanted more details.
I am petty, so, I decided to be extremely detailed. For the next two days I logged EVERYTHING down to the minute. Everything from "rolled my chair to the filing cabinet to pull resident discipline files" to "went to the bathroom to relieve myself." Every 1-5 minutes was logged for those 2 days.
On the third day, no more log required. LOL. The micromanager was none too happy about it. She questioned why I felt the need to log my bathroom breaks. Her general sentiment was "you know what we meant." But did I? I had done it their way- a reasonable way. But, that had not been good enough. I was kind enough to point this out... which only set her into a tailspin.
I am in the southern US, so all I got from her was the typical southern "Well I never!" And a walk away huff/puff lol.
Win!
Non-Profit Sectors are the absolute worst micromanagers!!