India, July 13 -- A Reddit post about a manager's unusual workplace request has sparked a discussion among employees online. The user shared how their boss asked them to record videos explaining their daily tasks, despite already having detailed documents and training material in place.

Sharing the experience on Reddit, the employee wrote, "My boss is the ultimate micro-manager. Nothing is 'finished' without his, usually destructive, input. Nothing goes out until he says so. No email is sent before he has added random punctuation. It goes on, but you get the idea.

"Well, a couple of years ago, he became obsessed with the idea that I needed to record how I do everything. This is a small company, and I do the work of three or four roles, ...