Manager monitors employees’ electricity usage, demands they turn off lights every time they leave their offices, employee claims: ‘It’s driving me crazy’

If your company can’t even afford to turn on the lights, how doomed are you?

When you work for a cheap business owner, it’s difficult to determine whether their unreasonable need to save the company money comes from an actual financial necessity or just because they hate to see their money waste away.

But regardless of whether you’re working on a sinking ship or simply working for a cheap person, they make it almost impossible to get the job done. When every single step you make in the office is measured, and almost every action you do is wasting money in their eyes, you find yourself unable to complete the easiest tasks. Your existence in the office becomes almost unbearable.

Imagine that every time you step out of your office, your boss is there to demand that you turn off the lights, even if it’s only for a 30-second stop at the water cooler. Or, think about how difficult it would be to do your job if charging your phone in the office is frowned upon and printing documents must be accompanied by proof of why it’s needed.

That is what the employee below is currently dealing with. Like many others in similar situations, the employee is having a hard time determining whether the business is actually financially struggling or if the owner is simply that obsessed with how much electricity is being wasted when someone walks out of their office to go use the bathroom.

Honestly, at this point, it doesn’t even matter which of the two it is, this employee should run as fast as they can. It’s clear that the owner doesn’t really care whether the job gets done or not, and working someplace where, sooner or later, your toilet paper is going to be monitored doesn’t sound like a business anyone should work at.

Would you stay working for a micromanager who complains about lights being turned on? Scroll down to read the full story before you decide!