Another one of those things that would have me looking for a new company.

Yep, access to everything... It was a new position, career change for me at the same company, and I had a long standing legacy from where I came.
Quarterly password changes are required, and perhaps mine happened a little early, and then I had to do the forgotten password reset thing a few times. That's all I remember about it. But the boss was a really cool dude. Fought in wars, rode a Harley in the toys-for-tots drives and such, and gave good raises.
Login credentials for what? If they have access to your logins, not only can they read your emails but they can send emails as if they were you. At this point, a manager with this access can basically gin up any reason to fire you.
This is a massive red flag and I'd be speaking with HR.

Don't you mean all of your login credentials for your social media accounts?![]()
Note: Some companies have required that.
Don't you mean all of your login credentials for your social media accounts?![]()
Note: Some companies have required that.
Another one of those things that would have me looking for a new company.
Pretty sure Kalifornia shot that down...
Company man
I worked as a tech at IBM a long while back with the pleasure of having a Mr. Dougald Bottomly as my supervisor on special projects. There were certain procedures that were completely unnecessary, but he would diligently perform them, and require everyone do the same. We discussed this and he explained integrity and that the company pays his salary to do a certain job, not to make make decisions outside of his purview. The discussion was more elegant than that but he earned a good bit of respect with me.
Is that odd? They say it's because they want to learn more about the operation and how people do their jobs, as a training exercise...
If it is a networked computer at work, they may be able to read it already.
Probably depends on how big the company is...
5 total employees? Not a big deal, IMO
100+ employees? Your boss has control issues.
This is normal but not efficient.
Yeah, I somewhat recall California frowning on it, but the fact that they tried says enough.Pretty sure Kalifornia shot that down...
My manager was a micromanager, so I got the Lego Micromanager Bot from the Lego movie and put it on my desk. He never got it.
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Years ago I made a promise to myself to never again remain working for a boss that I thought was an asshole. At the time, I was working full time and going to school full time to change to another field. As soon as I completed my classes I left his idiot section. They had 32 contractors and 8 direct employees. By the time that I had left, they had gotten rid of 24 contractors and 4 direct employees as we were getting towards the end of the project (military contract involving MX missile). He hated me but didn't dare get rid of me because I made him look good at the TIM's (technical interchange meetings).
He was the manager but he was butt-hurt that everybody came to me for advice on how to handle the work they were doing. I was essentially doing his job.
Not surprising. Those types are sociopaths and you're supposed to go along with their plans which are always in their personal best interests. They completely lack empathy, everything is about them.Had they not reorged, I would not have left, no question.
I think it turned out to be a good career move tho.
What blew me away was the a-hole who drove me to leave was shocked when I left. Mind-blowingly clueless.