Women prefer to work for male bosses... because they're 'better managers and less prone to moods'

Mail Online ^ | August 13, 2009 | Daily Mail Reporter

[BossLady]

The main component I have always used in a supervisory capacity is humor and secondly is logic. This combo has yet to let me down...even in the years I worked as a producer in Hollywood. I managed to keep a good balance on set between union and non-union workers, director, clients etc. It does take a certain personality...male or female....to handle and/or plan for arising situations while keeping the flow of production uninhibited.

The key to a good working team is to be one of those you want to hire. The right people for the job will just show up to work for you! ;)

[Nea Wood]

most women in their 40s, 50s and 60s are cool to be around

Bless you for that!

[OrangeHoof]

My last female boss spent much of her time trying to get people fired. She had a corner office and she would take the person in her doghouse and assign them to the desk that was most visible from her office. Then if there was any BS projects to do, she would assign it to the one in the doghouse. Things would eventually come to a head and, by that time, she had a list of failures (real or imagined) to present as grounds for firing. Then, once the firing took place, she soon had someone else moved to that same desk. And the cycle began again.

But being her friend was treacherous too. She had two underlings who were her drinking buddies on Friday nights. They chummed and palled around away from work. But when it came time for the annual job appraisal, this boss would *bury* them so they couldn't be approved for transfer/promotion. That way, she wouldn't be losing her drinking pals.

I've also had women bosses who were wonderful but, unfortunately, most of them were queen bees that cared more about power than results. They delegated so that they wouldn't have to actually think about solving problems. They made the people below her fix the problems so she had an easy target to blame should anything go wrong.

That's not to say men are perfect bosses either. But, at least in my experience, men are less stressful to have as bosses because there seems to be less jousting going on and the men are more willing to own the work given them rather than shuffle them to others.

Your miles may vary.

[Jakarta ex-pat]

There is only one "industry" that has positively thrived in what was once a male dominated industry. Education.

Of course, that hasn't helped our newborns!

[jimt]

Obviously women CAN be good bosses. But men are less likely to try a sneaky, roundabout approach when they don’t like you. The men will get in your face, and surely, they can make life hell. But the women can make it hell squared.

[OrangeHoof]

I think the reason women prefer male bosses is that we are much easier for them to manipulate.

[chris_bdba]

I’ve never been screamed at by a male boss I have had that done by a female boss. Male bosses seem to be easier to please while female bosses think if you do a good job then next time you should do more. I’ve always been happier while working for a male.