after about five years) because she was the only one doing the job for so long. She is completely out of touch with how to do the tasks she used to do, however, because she no longer does them on a daily basis. I have approached her before putting the emphasis on how "I am wondering if there is anything I could be doing differently" etc. to broach the subject of her micromanaging. Were it not for the fact that she micromanages everyone in my office and they all have the same opinion I might think it was performance-related. It's super frustrating and if I did not know that I will be leaving in just under a year to go back to school I would have left long ago. I am extremely thankful to Supreme Blogger Green for her invaluable advice and guidance and for allowing me and many others to vent freely and anonymously things we cannot say to our managers. Are there any telltale signs that managers are micromanaging, auditing, or too hands-off?I'm not a first time manager but I lean toward control freak. I try to be more hands-off, but worry I swing too far the other way, and that the "honest feedback" I get from my team isn't honest. My style is to show once and give context, let them try examples, and then check their work after the fact. Alison obviously has the management expertise but as an employee I can tell you this: my