Controlling
Report Swamp
Report Addict
🟢 Low legal riskTelltale symptoms
- Requires daily, weekly, and monthly report trio
- Frequently changes report formats
- Report writing consumes all actual work time
Psychology profile
Fear of information asymmetry. Seeks visible control through documentation. Bureaucratic tendency that obsesses over report format over actual outcomes.
Legal risk analysis
Not classified as harassment — within scope of work instructions
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
- 1Propose automated report templates to save time
- 2Suggest one-page dashboards with key metrics as alternative
- 3Persuade with efficiency data to reduce reporting frequency
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