It is unusual
Compared to environments where managers trust the staff that they have appointed to do their jobs, without checking up on them hourly. We basically had to tell her every single thing we were doing and why, even the routine stuff. "Going to see the exams manager about these new GNVQs and their funding for 20 minutes ... off to change the backup tapes in the servers, should take 15 minutes" etc
( The Vomiting Hitchhiker Mephistopheles is such a mouthful in Manhattan, Tue 15 Jun 2010, 13:33, Reply)