Micromanaged or Given No Guidance.....Your Choice

Both are awful, but no guidance at least allows you room to grow and problem solve.

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." ~George S. Patton

No guidance. Micromanagement is the number one reason I am unhappy with my "leadership". Give me some "micro-leadership" in lieu of micromanagement, and maybe I would be happy. If I am a doer, then management should trust me to do the tasks that I am signed off to do. If I am a manager, then my manager should trust that I know the processes I need to manage without excessive and duplicative oversight. If I am leader, then I should be free to influence others to accomplish the mission. Micromanagers get in the way at all levels.

Of the options I choose no guidance. I've been in both spots and lack of guidance gives me freedom to figure things out for myself and do things how I see fit. If the product I produce isn't liked well someone should've given me guidance and have no one to blame but themselves.
That said I prefer a happy balance, give me a right and a left to work with, even suggest were I can find some ideas or give me a template and then let me do it. But to try and work and have every move under the microscope drives me insane.