Controlling
Robot Boss
Rule Worshipper
🟢 Low legal riskTelltale symptoms
- Blindly enforces rules and procedures
- Zero flexibility even in exceptional cases
- Prioritizes form and process over purpose
Psychology profile
Extremely high uncertainty avoidance. Feels safe only within rules, obsessing over procedural accuracy rather than creative solutions.
Legal risk analysis
Not easily classified as harassment — appears as reasonable management
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 efficient workarounds within the rules
- 2Cite higher-level policies or company vision to justify exceptions
- 3Present data and case studies when requesting changes
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