The Bad Boss - generics

Originally Posted by pete m

I No people skills, rude, unrealistsic deadlines constantly set, the list goes on and on...whats your ogre of a boss like , can it be worse than this ?

yeah mine's like that...

only thing worse tho... my boss is


my older sister!!

Originally Posted by Miss Alpinestarhero

Hmm...

My boss isnt bad per se. As in he does leave me to get on with my work and I onloy meet up with him once a month. However I did have a sudden "emergency" meeting a few weeks ago which left me feeling extremely deflated, pressured and paranoid.

Basically I was told that I wasnt seeing enough patients (i see 18 a week and i have to see 20) and i was asked whether there was a problem and wheter im lacking confidence and have professional anxiety

It was so out of the blue that I now feel extremely uncomfortable and feel as if I have to prove absolutely everything im doing.

So its not directly bad, just atmospherically bad in terms of environment?

But my boss is nothing compared to some of my friends. One of them screams and shouts at her in front of everyone in the office!

Maria

lmao 5/1 someone had just done a course about man management and they were some of the buzzwords used in the seminar

[Wideboy]

i don't have one they sacked him ............... but, he was crap, crap on his tools, crap at ordering stuff, constantly forgetting thing, braking the machinery, making born machinery worse whilst trying to fix it, completely brain dead, stupid deadlines, no back bone and a back stabber

we no run it ourselves

Sorry to hear about bad bosses..
Mine's great actually (both of them - one for each job)..
Basically, they don't really feel like bosses, as they work with me as any other member of the team, we talk about ideas together and the only difference is that we have different attributions. They manage the larger picture of the projects (to which a small group of us contributes as well) and we do some details, but it's never completely separated stuff.. They never shout and always let you know when you screw up in a good way, that motivates you to up the pace and do it properly. And yes, I do feel lucky about it
I feel this form of management really works well, as everyone can see a small part of everyones work and can understand why people make decisions the way they do.. Can't really understand why people think authoritarian management is in some situations (if any) a good idea..

[Messie]

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Did you tell him that psychologists all say that a very tidy desk is the sign of an unstable mind, pete?

And i should know, my desk is almost always immaculate to the point of its being almost an OCD thing... and you know what i'm like

Oh dear, basic psychology Spidey, as my current Year 12's can tell you.

Tidy desk = anally retentive character caused by fixation of instinctive driving forces in the anal stage of development! x

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by pete m

Zig - i couldnt really sayanything as he cleared my desk when i wasnt there !

Its one thing to have a spotless desk - but to clear other peoples desks - thats borderline psychopathic - iniit?

as well as insulting !

yup. And i would have told him to leave it well alone from now on as its an "organised chaos" and now he's moved stuff its gonna take you forever to get it back to how it was.

Originally Posted by Messie

Oh dear, basic psychology Spidey, as my current Year 12's can tell you.

Tidy desk = anally retentive character caused by fixation of instinctive driving forces in the anal stage of development! x

You calling me gay in a roundabout way Messie?
In all honesty, its only my "customer facing" desk that is tidy...in top. In the drawers its always been a hell of a mess and an organised chaos. No one else would be able to find something if they looked for it but if they asked me for it i'd know exactly where it is.

[Dave20046]

What makes a good manager in peoples opinions? (bar the opposite of the previously mentioned )

[Spiderman]

a good manager facilitates not delegates.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Spiderman

a good manager facilitates not delegates.

What if the staff are rubbish*?


*edit: oops expected that word to be filtered.

[fizzwheel]

I've sadly had more rubbish managers than good ones. Seems to fit a pattern that if you are sh*te at actually doing a job, then you get promoted into a position where you manage people doing a job that you cannot completantly do yourself.

They all fit the following pattern.

They lie, they forget things, they cant organise themselves let alone anybody else, they do things themselves that they dont allow you to do yourself / discpline you for, rudeness seems to be a common theme, As does not listening to the people they employ. Micromanaging, unrealistic deadlines seems quite common to.

In my profession normally its ex techies who have forgotten all their technical skills, but like to think they still understand whats going on when they dont.

I had one boss who I got so frustrated with I said

Me - "You pay me alot of money dont you"
Him - "Yes"
Me - "So do my wages reflect my technical skills, position within the team"
Him - "Yes"
Me - "So why dont you listen to me then, or do you like wasting money or something"
Him - silence

I got fedup with telling him things were going to break, him ignoring me, the thing breaking that I said it would, and then him blowing a fuse about it and shouting and ranting about it. When I produced the email I had sent him 6 months ago after he denied I had sent it, he went quiet very quickly.

He was the worst person I have ever worked for and if I walked into a company for a job interview and found him working there, I would politely terminate the interview and walk out. He really was that bad.

Eventually he got fired, it was a happy day in the office that day.

My current boss is great. He listens, he trusts me and he makes me feel like he values my opinion and input. He is respectful and gets my respect in return. His take is on things is that, I should come to him and tell him, that x or y is broken and heres what I have done to fix it. Or if money needs spending I write a business case and a plan on how long its going to take to put right and how much its going to cost.

He gives me freedom to think, be creative and use my skills. Cant ask for more.