A Bad Job with a Good Boss is better than a Good Job with a Bad Boss

                     
Thank God for a good boss!

There’s so much less headache when the boss is good. Everything else fades into the background – the employee can live with the other shortcomings if he has peace of mind. He can go about doing his work without worrying about the reactions and responses of his boss. He knows that he is not spied upon, or micro-managed, or will be blamed if things don’t work. So, in the morning when he wakes up, he doesn’t have to force himself to go to office. He will stay with the company despite other hurdles.

But if the boss is bad then even the best of situations turns nightmarish. The employee gets stressed and is unable to function in a normal way. All the time the fear of boss keeps dangling over his head like the sword of Damocles. He is on his toes all the time, unable to relax, forever thinking that at any moment the boss may yell at him or pass a sarcastic remark or accuse him of something. In the morning he reluctantly reaches office and his morale is down right from the start of work.   

In one of the studies it was proved that 56% of the employees would turn down a 10% raise to stay with a great boss. In the same research, it was proved that working for a bad boss was more of a risk factor than smoking, lack of exercise or being overweight. Also, according to a US survey, 49% of the employees want to fire their boss if they could. 😊    

A good boss doesn’t have to be friendly, cheerful and strike a conversation every now and then with the employees (if he does, well and good, but that’s not a requirement) but to qualify as good, he should definitely have these traits: honesty, fairness and trustworthiness. Also, he should respect the staff.

The bad boss on the other hand listens to brownnosers who report to them about their employee’s behaviour. They fail to communicate, deal harshly even if it’s a minor issue, and speak loudly and rudely. They make the environment toxic - to work in such an environment becomes impossible – thus forcing the employees to leave.

And, the employee should quit, as soon as he can, but should resist the temptation of bad mouthing the boss during or after his search for a new job. The other party knows neither the employee nor the boss, so the employee will come across as a chronic complainer.   

But remember, good boss or bad boss, one learns from both. From the good boss you learn how to get better and from the bad one you learn how not to be.

-          NZ

14.5.2019

    

Comments

  1. saiyid zaidi14 May 2019 at 06:25

    so true.Employees don't keave the organisation .They leave the manager

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  2. Saima14 May 2019 at 06:31

    Personally experienced .A Good leader makes a huge difference.

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