Managing an employee who seeks guidance on every task
Hi all,
I'm a slightly new manager. I have an individual on my team who, during any process, asks multiple questions along the way. They have worked the same job for a little over 4 years, are the senior on the team (promotion occurred before I became the mgr) and our work is extremely straightforward.
I wouldn't even say it's confusion, it's just wanting every move to be signed off on. There was a point where they were editing an internal document and the copy provided by someone else had a very obvious typo where it could only mean that one word. "It says xxxx, do you think they meant to say xxxx?"
I am happy to answer questions but it gets to a point, especially when it is over very, very minor things that they should be able to operate through on their own at their level. I have tried the guidance that I've seen on here — asking "well what do you think?" or directing them to previous guidance but regardless, the question asking for stuff they should know continues. I'm not even sure if there's a solution here. My manager suggests it is a personality thing and we can only do so much. Has anyone else had an employee like this?