Controlling
Revision Demon
Perfectionist Obsessor
🟢 Low legal riskTelltale symptoms
- Orders complete redo for minor typos
- Only approves work matching personal standards
- Infinite revision cycles until 'perfect'
Psychology profile
Strong anxiety about imperfection. Rigid thinking that refuses to tolerate mistakes. Black-and-white cognitive distortion: if not perfect, it's worthless.
Legal risk analysis
Difficult to classify as harassment — disguised as quality control
Likely to be read as legitimate management, so relationship tactics beat legal ones here. Try the counter-strategies below first, and start documenting if it escalates.
Counter-strategies
- 1Clarify expected quality level at draft stage
- 2Pre-agree on number and scope of revisions
- 3Propose 'good enough' criteria and leverage deadlines
Often appears with
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