Would you rather forum edition: the workplace dilemmas nobody warns you about

[Client Wrench]

The classic game with a professional twist. The poster above leaves a work related Would You Rather, you answer with your actual reasoning, then set the next dilemma, and the rule as always is both options must genuinely cost something or the round is wasted

Working life throws up choices nobody prepares you for and this thread exists to enjoy them properly, the boring meeting versus the chaotic one, the boss who over explains versus the one who never explains anything, the office with too much noise versus the one with none

Reasoning is mandatory, a bare pick with no defence is a void turn, this is a debating society wearing a workplace costume, and the best answers usually reveal more about the person than the dilemma itself

Opening dilemma to start us off. Would you rather have a boss who micromanages every tiny detail, or one who gives zero guidance and vanishes for weeks at a time?

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Zero guidance every time, silence I can work with, at least I get to make my own mistakes and learn from them, micromanaging removes the learning entirely and just makes me a nervous extension of someone else's anxiety